Towards an Effective, Rational and Sustainable Approach for the Control of Cattle Ticks in the Neotropics

ESTRADA-PEÑA, AGUSTÍN; SZABÓ, MATÍAS; LABRUNA, MARCELO; MOSQUEDA, JUAN; MERINO, OCTAVIO; TARRAGONA, EVELINA; VENZAL, JOSÉ M.; DE LA FUENTE, JOSÉ

Vaccines

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Año: 2019 vol. 8

Ticks and transmitted pathogens constitute a major burden for cattle industry in theNeotropics. To address this limitation, the Spanish Ibero-American Program of Science and Technologyin Development office (CYTED) supported from 2018 a network of scientists named ?LaGar? (CYTEDcode 118RT0542) aimed at optimizing the control strategies of cattle ticks in the neotropical region.As part of network activities, a meeting and course were organized on 4?8 November 2019 in Querétaro,Mexico to address the objective of developing the infrastructure necessary for an effective, sustainable(i.e., combination of efficacious acaricides with anti-tick vaccines) and rational (i.e., considering tickecology, seasonal dynamics and cattle-wildlife interactions) control of cattle tick infestations andtransmitted pathogens. The course was focused on scientists, students, cattle holders and producersand pharmaceutical/industry representatives. In this way the course addressed the different viewspresented by participants with the conclusion of producing a research-driven combination of differentinterventions for the control of tick tick-borne diseases.