Towards a new phenotype for tick resistance in beef and dairy cattle: a review
About 80% of the world’s cattle are affected by ticks and tick-borne diseases, both of which cause significant production losses. Cattle host resistance to ticks is the most important factor affecting the economics of tick control, but it is largely neglected in tick-control programs due to technica...
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
2019
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| author | Burrow, H.M. Mans, B.J. Cardoso, F.F. Birkett, M.A. Kotze, A.C. Hayes, B.J. Mapholi, N. Dzama, K. Marufu, M.C. Githaka, Naftaly W. Djikeng, Appolinaire |
| author_browse | Birkett, M.A. Burrow, H.M. Cardoso, F.F. Djikeng, Appolinaire Dzama, K. Githaka, Naftaly W. Hayes, B.J. Kotze, A.C. Mans, B.J. Mapholi, N. Marufu, M.C. |
| author_facet | Burrow, H.M. Mans, B.J. Cardoso, F.F. Birkett, M.A. Kotze, A.C. Hayes, B.J. Mapholi, N. Dzama, K. Marufu, M.C. Githaka, Naftaly W. Djikeng, Appolinaire |
| author_sort | Burrow, H.M. |
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| description | About 80% of the world’s cattle are affected by ticks and tick-borne diseases, both of which cause significant production losses. Cattle host resistance to ticks is the most important factor affecting the economics of tick control, but it is largely neglected in tick-control programs due to technical difficulties and costs associated with identifying individual-animal variation in resistance. The present paper reviews the scientific literature to identify factors affecting resistance of cattle to ticks and the biological mechanisms of host tick resistance, to develop alternative phenotype(s) for tick resistance. If new cost-effective phenotype(s) can be developed and validated, then tick resistance of cattle could be genetically improved using genomic selection, and incorporated into breeding objectives to simultaneously improve cattle productive attributes and tick resistance. The phenotype(s) could also be used to improve tick control by using cattle management. On the basis of the present review, it is recommended that three possible phenotypes (haemolytic analysis; measures of skin hypersensitivity reactions; simplified artificial tick infestations) be further developed to determine their practical feasibility for consistently, cost-effectively and reliably measuring cattle tick resistance in thousands of individual animals in commercial and smallholder farmer herds in tropical and subtropical areas globally. During evaluation of these potential new phenotypes, additional measurements should be included to determine the possibility of developing a volatile-based resistance phenotype, to simultaneously improve cattle resistance to both ticks and biting flies. Because the current measurements of volatile chemistry do not satisfy the requirements of a simple, cost-effective phenotype for use in commercial cattle herds, consideration should also be given to inclusion of potentially simpler measures to enable indirect genetic selection for volatile-based resistance to ticks. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1294142025-12-08T10:29:22Z Towards a new phenotype for tick resistance in beef and dairy cattle: a review Burrow, H.M. Mans, B.J. Cardoso, F.F. Birkett, M.A. Kotze, A.C. Hayes, B.J. Mapholi, N. Dzama, K. Marufu, M.C. Githaka, Naftaly W. Djikeng, Appolinaire cattle beef ticks About 80% of the world’s cattle are affected by ticks and tick-borne diseases, both of which cause significant production losses. Cattle host resistance to ticks is the most important factor affecting the economics of tick control, but it is largely neglected in tick-control programs due to technical difficulties and costs associated with identifying individual-animal variation in resistance. The present paper reviews the scientific literature to identify factors affecting resistance of cattle to ticks and the biological mechanisms of host tick resistance, to develop alternative phenotype(s) for tick resistance. If new cost-effective phenotype(s) can be developed and validated, then tick resistance of cattle could be genetically improved using genomic selection, and incorporated into breeding objectives to simultaneously improve cattle productive attributes and tick resistance. The phenotype(s) could also be used to improve tick control by using cattle management. On the basis of the present review, it is recommended that three possible phenotypes (haemolytic analysis; measures of skin hypersensitivity reactions; simplified artificial tick infestations) be further developed to determine their practical feasibility for consistently, cost-effectively and reliably measuring cattle tick resistance in thousands of individual animals in commercial and smallholder farmer herds in tropical and subtropical areas globally. During evaluation of these potential new phenotypes, additional measurements should be included to determine the possibility of developing a volatile-based resistance phenotype, to simultaneously improve cattle resistance to both ticks and biting flies. Because the current measurements of volatile chemistry do not satisfy the requirements of a simple, cost-effective phenotype for use in commercial cattle herds, consideration should also be given to inclusion of potentially simpler measures to enable indirect genetic selection for volatile-based resistance to ticks. 2019 2023-03-10T14:34:45Z 2023-03-10T14:34:45Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129414 en Open Access Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Burrow, H.M., Mans, B.J., Cardoso, F.F., Birkett, M.A., Kotze, A.C., Hayes, B.J., Mapholi, N., Dzama, K., Marufu, M.C., Githaka, N.W. and Djikeng, A. 2019. Towards a new phenotype for tick resistance in beef and dairy cattle: a review. Animal Production Science 59(8): 1401–1427. |
| spellingShingle | cattle beef ticks Burrow, H.M. Mans, B.J. Cardoso, F.F. Birkett, M.A. Kotze, A.C. Hayes, B.J. Mapholi, N. Dzama, K. Marufu, M.C. Githaka, Naftaly W. Djikeng, Appolinaire Towards a new phenotype for tick resistance in beef and dairy cattle: a review |
| title | Towards a new phenotype for tick resistance in beef and dairy cattle: a review |
| title_full | Towards a new phenotype for tick resistance in beef and dairy cattle: a review |
| title_fullStr | Towards a new phenotype for tick resistance in beef and dairy cattle: a review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a new phenotype for tick resistance in beef and dairy cattle: a review |
| title_short | Towards a new phenotype for tick resistance in beef and dairy cattle: a review |
| title_sort | towards a new phenotype for tick resistance in beef and dairy cattle a review |
| topic | cattle beef ticks |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129414 |
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