Pests and vector-borne diseases in the livestock industry. / Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases. : Volume 5. / / edited by Claire Garros [and three others].

• Superior document: Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases ; Volume 5.
• TeilnehmendeR: Garros, Claire,
• Place / Publishing House: Wageningen, The Netherlands : : Wageningen Academic Publishers,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases ; Volume 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (617 pages)

In order to prevent direct contact between livestock and pest animals and thus decrease the risk of pathogen transmission, the implementation of preventive or sometimes even curative measures is required. The concept of biosecurity refers to implementation of such measures, but it is difficult to quantify the results as the situation between farms may vary substantially. In this chapter we investigate the position of biosecurity and the evolution of this concept, especially in relation to pest management. We stress the need for such a strategy not only because of the potential transmission of (zoonotic) pathogens to livestock, which can have significant consequences for livestock health and the food chain, but also because of structural damage to buildings and crops. As there are large differences in both farm conditions and between vectors, implementation of a pest management strategy can come with serious difficulties. Thus, we present a generic framework that helps to develop a more tailor-made approach for a pest management strategy on farms, which will hopefully contribute to more effective interventions.

Table of Contents

Intro; Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases; Table of contents; 1. Livestock pests and vector-borne diseases a much neglected subject; Willem Takken1*, Jérémy Bouyer2,3,4, Renate C. Smallegange1 and Claire Garros4,5; Case studies of livestock pests; 2. Arthropod pests in the poultry industry; Olivier Sparagano1*, Davide Di Domenico2, Claudio Venturelli3, Elias Papadopoulos4, Renate C. Smallegange5 and Annunziata Giangaspero6; 3. Veterinary importance and integrated management of Brachycera flies in dairy farms Frédéric Baldacchino1,2*, Marc Desquesnes3,4, Gérard Duvallet5, Timothy Lysyk6 and Steve Mihok74. Acaricides: current status and sustainable alternatives for controlling the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, based on its ecology; Isabel K.F. de Miranda Santos1*, Gustavo R. Garcia1, Priscila Silva Oliveira1, Cecília J. Veríssimo2, Luciana M. Katiki2, Leandro Rodrigues2, Matias P.J. Szabó3 and Christine Maritz-Olivier4; 5. Sheep myiasis: a one health perspective; Douglas D. Colwell1* and Richard Wall2; Case studies of vector borne diseases in livestock 6. Integrated control of trypanosomosisGeoffrey Gimonneau1,2*, Jean-Baptiste Rayaisse2 and Jérémy Bouyer3,4,5,6; 7. Prevention and control of tick-borne anaplasmosis, cowdriosis and babesiosis in the cattle industry; Martin Pfeffer*, Nina Król and Anna Obiegala; 8. Mosquito-borne diseases in the livestock industry; Nonito Pagès1* and Lee W. Cohnstaedt2*; 9. Case studies of vector-borne diseases in livestock: bluetongue virus; Miguel Á. Miranda; State of the art interventions 10. Public-private partnership enabled use of anti-tick vaccine for integrated cattle fever tick eradication in the USAAdalberto A. Pérez de León1*, Suman Mahan2, Matthew Messenger3, Dee Ellis4, Kevin Varner5, Andy Schwartz6, Dan Baca5, Renato Andreotti7, Manuel Rodríguez Valle8, Rodrigo Rosario Cruz9, Delia Inés Domínguez García9, Myrna Comas Pagan10, Carmen Oliver Canab; 11. Biological control with parasitoids; Erika T. Machtinger1* and Christopher J. Geden2; 12. Biological control of livestock pests: entomopathogens Emma N.I. Weeks1*, Erika T. Machtinger2, Diana Leemon3 and Christopher J. Geden413. Semiochemical tools for a new generation of livestock pest control; Victor A. Brugman1,2*, Renate C. Smallegange3 and James G. Logan2; 14. Genetic control of vectors; Jérémy Bouyer1,2,3* and Eric Marois3,4; 15. Biosecurity: methods to reduce contact risks between vectors and livestock; Bastiaan G. Meerburg1,2* and Bruce Schoelitsz3; 16. The Fly Simulator: a simulation model of stable flies and their control; Gösta Nachman1* and Henrik Skovgård2*; Impact of vector control.