About Rhipicephalus microplus

The Asian blue tick (Rhipicephalus microplus) is an economically important tick that parasitises a variety of livestock species especially cattle, on which it is the most economically significant ectoparasite in the world. It is known as the Australian cattle tick, southern cattle tick, Cuban tick, Madagascar blue tick, and Porto Rican Texas fever tick.

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Taxonomy ID 6941

Data source TIGMIC Group, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology

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