cattle tick
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cattle tick
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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THE FACTS: The program to create a modified cattle tick, with the goal of reducing their population and protecting livestock, has thus far been limited to lab work in the U.K.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
Twenty-five years ago, one of the major insect menaces in the U. S. was the cattle tick.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had done more than any other American to rid the country of the dread diseases that plague livestock-bovine tuberculosis, foot-& -mouth disease, cattle tick fever and Bang's disease.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1893 he demonstrated that the "Texas fever" which was destroying cattle herds in the Southwest was caused by a microbe which the cattle tick took from sick beasts, nourished and transmitted to well beasts.
From Time Magazine Archive
The prevention and control depend on destruction of the cattle tick.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
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