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==Control==
==Control==
*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
*If there is a limited vegetation mat, then tick activity will be influenced by seasonal rainfall and the vegetation transpiration
*In temperate climates there is usually two distinct periods of tick activity coinciding with warmer temperatures
**E.g. Spring and Autumn
*Some temperate climates only have one distinct period of tick activity in the spring
1. Killing ticks on the ground
*Altering microclimate
**E.g. Pasture improvement
*Starving (spelling) pasture
**Only useful if ticks do not feed on other hosts
*Burning pasture to kill off ticks on the ground
2. Separate the host from the infection
*Stock management
**removing stock from infected pasture when ticks are most active
*Fencing off infected areas
3. Killing ticks on the host
*Ascaricides
*E.g. Dippind, spraying, pour-on solutions
*For more information on ascaricides see '''here'''
4. Enhancing host resistance
*Stock hybridisation
**E.g. Bredding the higher resistant ''Bos indicus'' with the less resistant ''Bos Taurus''
*Vaccination against the hidden antigens in the tick's gut
==Links==
==Links==
*[[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Ticks|Skin infections pathology]]
*[[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Ticks|Skin infections pathology]]