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| − | ==Control==
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| − | *In warmer climates where rainfall is present all year round and there is a constant high relative humidity, tick activity may be constant throughout the year
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| − | *If there is a limited vegetation mat, tick activity will mainly be influenced by seasonal rainfall and the vegetation transpiration
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| − | *In temperate climates there is usually 2 distinct periods of tick activity coinciding with warmer temperatures
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| − | **E.g. spring and autumn
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| − | *Some temperate climates only have 1 distinct period of tick activity in the spring
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| − | ===Control methods===
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| − | '''Killing ticks on the ground'''
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| − | *Altering micro-climate
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| − | **E.g. Pasture improvement
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| − | *Starving (spelling) pasture
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| − | **Only useful if ticks do not feed on other hosts
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| − | *Burning pasture to kill off ticks on the ground
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| − | '''Separate the host from the infection'''
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| − | *Stock management
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| − | **Removing stock from infected pasture when ticks are most active
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| − | *Fencing off infected areas
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| − | '''Killing ticks on the host'''
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| − | *Acaricides
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| − | *E.g. Dipping, spraying, pour-on solutions
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| − | *For more information on acaricides see [[Ectoparasiticides|here]]
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| − | '''Enhancing host resistance'''
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| − | *Stock hybridisation
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| − | **E.g. Breeding the higher resistant ''Bos indicus'' with the less resistant ''Bos taurus''
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| − | *Vaccination against the hidden antigens in the tick's gut
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| − | <big>'''[[Arachnid Flashcards - WikiBugs|Arachnid Flashcards]]</big>
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