Title: Texas fever : otherwise known as tick fever, splenetic fever or southern cattle fever, with methods for its prevention /
Authors: Mohler, John R. 1875-1952; United States.; United States.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry,
Year: 1905
Subjects: Cattle Diseases; Babesiosis in cattle; Cattle tick; Boophilus microplus; Animal industry Sanitation.
Contents: Introduction -- Name and synonyms -- Definition -- History and distribution -- Cause of the disease -- Life history of the cattle tick and the part played by it in producing Texas fever -- How to distinguish harmless ticks found on cattle from Texas from Texas fever ticks -- Some objections to the role of ticks as carriers of Texas fever, with explanations -- Other injurious effects of cattle ticks -- Loss occasioned by cattle ticks -- Period of development of disease after exposure to ticks -- Symptoms -- Appearance after death -- Course and termination -- Infective character -- Animals affected -- Diseases taken for Texas fever -- Treatment -- Prevention: How to free cattle of ticks -- How to free pastures of ticks -- How to free cattle and pastures of ticks at the same time -- Immunization of susceptible cattle -- Federal sanitary regulations -- Other important measures for reducing the infected area.