Livestock Tick-Borne Diseases: From Pathogens to Control
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Farm Animal Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2023) | Viewed by 1850
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ticks; climate; epidemiology; tick–host ecological interactions
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: ticks; tick-borne diseases; veterinary entomology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ticks have a great interest as either parasites or vectors of pathogens relative to livestock. The potential economic losses produced by a decrease in production is one of the main unresolved issues in animal health. Research studies on ecologically and friendly acaricides are currently paused, but new molecular tools could contribute to fighting the pest. This Special Issue is devoted to the understanding of the ecological, epidemiological, and molecular relationships of tick-borne pathogens (TBPs), as well as the economic impact on livestock. The focus of the Special Issue is not local but wide-scale studies aimed at a country-wide or continental analysis of (but not restricted to) the economic burden of TBPs in a biogeographical region, the molecular relationships between ticks and pathogens, research on races of animals resistant to ticks, requirements for an ecological and economically feasible protocol of anti-tick treatment, or the actual impact of the climate trends on the spread of TBPs. This Special Issue of Agriculture aims at including broad hypotheses or meta-analyses and not purely local findings. Data-mining-based papers are welcome, provided that all materials used for the elaboration of the manuscript is freely available, as per the journal’s rules
Prof. Dr. Agustín Estrada-Peña
Dr. Santiago Nava
Prof. Dr. Matias Pablo Juan Szabó
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ticks
- tick-borne pathogens
- livestock
- climate
- epidemiology
- wildlife
- molecular interactions
- meta-analyses
