Maps and information
Map of Ornithodoros coriaceus, the "EBA tick"
Ticks of potential importance on California cattle
Tick Borne Disease Facts
The California Bovine Tick-borne Disease Surveillance Program Goals
Services we provide
How can cattle producers become involved?
Contact us
Useful references and links
The California Bovine Tick-borne Disease Surveillance Program Goals
A comprehensive survey of the prevalence and distribution of bovine tick-borne diseases and tick species does not exist for cattle in California. Our program is aimed at developing an easily accessible web-based tool that livestock health investigators and the cattle industry can use to analyze and predict the occurrence of important tick borne diseases within the state.
Services we provide:
- Identification of tick species collected in the field
- Testing of blood or tick samples for Anaplasmosis (both A. phagocytophilum and A. marginale)
- Testing of ticks for the putative agent of Epizootic Bovine Abortion
- Creation of an interactive, web-based map defining tick-borne disease risk for cattle throughout the state.
How can cattle producers become involved?
- Blood or tick samples can be sent by mail to our laboratory for analysis
- We are available by telephone Monday through Friday to answer tick borne disease related questions.
 Please contact us at:
California Bovine Tick-borne Disease Surveillance Program
University of California, Davis
Center for Vectorborne Disease
Old Davis Rd., University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Phone:
(530) 754-9740
Fax: (530) 754-4837
jefoley@ucdavis.edu
Useful references and links:
The Ticks of California by Deane Furman and Edmond Loomis, Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, Volume 25, University of California Press.
Center for Vectorborne Diseases
Babesia Project
Center for Food Animal Health (CFAH)
California Cattlemen's Association
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