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The effect of locality, breed and previous tick experience on seasonal changes in the resistance of cattle toBoophilus microplus (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae)

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A seasonal cycle in the expression of resistance to the tickBoophilus microplus occurs in cattle in central and southeastern Queensland, Australia. This is due to a seasonal fluctuation in the capacity of cattle to mount an effective immune response against the parasitic tick and is manifest as a waning of the expression of resistance in autumn and early winter which occurs irrespective of breed or the nutritional state of the cattle.

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  1. Division of Entomology, C.S.I.R.O., P.O. Box 738, 4700, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

    B. M. Doube & R. H. Wharton

  2. Centre for Animal Research and Development, P.O. Box 123, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia

    B. M. Doube & R. H. Wharton

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Doube, B.M., Wharton, R.H. The effect of locality, breed and previous tick experience on seasonal changes in the resistance of cattle toBoophilus microplus (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae). Experientia 36, 1178–1179 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01976112

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