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[[File:Rhipicephalus-microplus-female-male.jpg|250px|thumb|''Rhipicephalus microplus'' female (left) and male (right) (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): Alan R. Walker<br/>Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhipicephalus-microplus-female-male.jpg Wikimedia Commons]]] | [[File:Rhipicephalus-microplus-female-male.jpg|250px|thumb|''Rhipicephalus microplus'' female (left) and male (right) (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Author(s): Alan R. Walker<br/>Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhipicephalus-microplus-female-male.jpg Wikimedia Commons]]] | ||
<font color="#800000">'''''Rhipicephalus microplus'''''</font> Canestrini, 1888 - southern cattle tick<br/> | <font color="#800000">'''''Rhipicephalus microplus'''''</font> Canestrini, 1888 - southern cattle tick<br/> | ||
| − | is an important livestock pest in tropical and subtropical regions. It is a vector of bovine babesiosis. | + | is an important and wide-spread livestock pest in tropical and subtropical regions. It is a vector of various cattle diseases. Most importantly it transmits bovine babesiosis caused by ''Babesia bovis'' which frequently results in fatal infections of immunologically naive hosts. |
For details see the respective page in [[wikipedia:Rhipicephalus microplus|Wikipedia]]. | For details see the respective page in [[wikipedia:Rhipicephalus microplus|Wikipedia]]. | ||
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Rhipicephalus microplus female (left) and male (right) (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Alan R. Walker
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Author(s): Alan R. Walker
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Rhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, 1888 - southern cattle tick
is an important and wide-spread livestock pest in tropical and subtropical regions. It is a vector of various cattle diseases. Most importantly it transmits bovine babesiosis caused by Babesia bovis which frequently results in fatal infections of immunologically naive hosts.
For details see the respective page in Wikipedia.
Synonyms:
Boophilus microplus
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| • English: | southern cattle tick cattle fever tick |
The literature database currently contains 502 publications for Rhipicephalus microplus. (See box above/on left.)
