Here is information from the US on a new tick disease, theileria, spread from the Asian longhorn tick. This disease is making inroads into cattle in the US. I did a search of the web to see if it has reached Australia yet, and was astonished to find that it has been here since 2012, and is so widespread it affects a quarter of all cattle. I am ashamed to say that I had previously never heard of it, having no problem at all with ticks. To deal with theileria, the trick is to control ticks, all ticks in cattle herds, by a combination of methods, including chemicals, pasture spelling and even the use of animals to eat the ticks, such as chickens and opossums.
