Nov 24, 2021 · The Tick Line divides the areas where cattle ticks are expected (endemic) from those where they are prohibited (a notifiable disease). Cattle and other cattle tick carriers need to be tick-free when moved from the tick-infested zone to …

May 7, 2024 · Cattle tick biosecurity zone map (current) Published 15th Dec 2020. Web map depicting the placement of the July 2016 cattle tick line, as well as the previous cattle tick zones that the line is replacing, across Queensland.

Queensland has 2 cattle tick zones: the cattle tick infested zone; the cattle tick free zone. The cattle tick infested and cattle tick free zones are separated by the tick line. The cattle tick infested zone is where cattle ticks are endemic and will thrive if left unmanaged.

reduce the risk of cattle tick spreading to cattle tick-free areas of WA (that is, below the ‘tick line’ in WA), and prevent the spread of strains of cattle tick that are resistant to commonly used treatments (acaricide resistance).

Mar 21, 2023 · View the tick comparison chart to see the differences between a cattle tick, bush tick and paralysis tick. Queensland's cattle tick infested zone is between the coastal areas east of the Great Dividing Range and north of the Great Northern Rail line.

Oct 9, 2019 · The cattle tick infested and cattle tick free zones are separated by the tick line. The tick line is made up of a combination of physical and environmental boundaries including: built structures (e.g. fences and roads) natural barriers (e.g. mountains and rivers) environmental conditions (e.g. temperature and rainfall). In central and northern ...

Cattle tick is a serious pest in the Northern Territory (NT). It affects cattle, buffalo, horses, mules, donkeys, sheep, goats, camels, deer, llamas and alpacas. It can reduce your livestock production and also spread tick fever, which causes sickness and death in affected animals.

Cattle Tick Control Zone Cattle Tick Free Zone Cattle Tick Infected Zone QUEENSLAND CATTLE TICK ZONES See Insert Biosecurity As at 7 December 2005. Title: Queensland cattle tick zones Author: Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries Keywords: cattle tick; …

The most economically important tick affecting livestock in Australia is the cattle tick (Rhipicephalus australis – previously known as Boophilus microplus). An MLA research project estimated in 2015 that the annual on-farm cost of ticks (production losses plus control costs) to the Australian cattle industry was approximately $146m.

The distribution of cattle ticks in Australia is largely controlled by regulation. A tick infested zone exists across northern Australia and is separated from the tick free zone in southern Australia by the ‘tick line’.