A female Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, Southern cattle fever tick. The USDA-Texas A&M Department of Entomology study ...

A recently published study lays the foundation for a potential new control method against cattle fever ticks, the vectors of ...

A female Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, Southern cattle fever tick. The USDA-Texas A&M Department of Entomology study identified chromosomes that determine whether ticks develop as male or ...

A female Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, Southern cattle fever tick. The USDA-Texas A&M Department of Entomology study identified chromosomes that determine whether ticks develop as male or ...

More information: Jason P Tidwell et al, Identifying the sex chromosome and sex determination genes in the cattle tick, ...

A female Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, Southern cattle fever tick. The USDA-Texas A&M Department of Entomology study identified chromosomes that determine whether ticks develop as male or ...

More information: Jason P Tidwell et al, Identifying the sex chromosome and sex determination genes in the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (2024).

The possibility that cattle ticks crossed the line and infested cattle in paddocks north of Roma up to four years before they were detected in early November is something that should be considered ...

A major Queensland saleyard is at the heart of a cattle tick outbreak that has neighbours urgently banding together to combat.