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In northern Australia, cattle are susceptible to insect-borne diseases which significantly impact cattle health and productivity; these include viral diseases Bovine Ephemeral Fever (BEF) and Akabane. Traditionally, insecticidal…
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The Screw-worm fly: chemical containment and eradication of screw-worm incursions in Australia project investigated treatments to combat Old World screw-worm fly. Summary Screwworms are obligate, invasive parasites of…
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The In vitro culture of buffalo fly and infections with Wolbachia project developed an in vitro buffalo fly colony and cell line to assist in investigating new control…
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This project compared experimental chilled and frozen vaccines with the chilled and frozen trivalent tick fever vaccine that was registered at the time.
The Fungal biopesticide for cattle tick and buffalo fly control project investigated the efficacy of using fungal biopesticides to control cattle ticks and buffalo flies on northern Australian…
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The Fungal biopesticide for cattle tick control project investigated the use of fungal biopesticides for cattle tick control. Summary Cattle ticks (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus) are a serious external…
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The Assessing the economic and logistical benefits of using the Tickoff system to control external parasites project investigated using the Tickoff system to treat extensive beef herds for…
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This project brought all the available cattle parasite management resources together under the ParaBoss umbrella.
Buffalo flies (BF) are ranked as a major health concern by northern cattle producers in many areas. In addition, BF are invasive, and have increased their range southward…
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‘Selection of novel tick antigens using vaccination-challenge studies in cattle’ investigated the biology of resistant versus susceptible genotypes to improve tick resistance of cattle.