Brazil, Australia, and South Africa unify data for bovine tick resistance

Researchers from different countries have disclosed the union of databases from Brazil, South Africa and Australia with genomic prediction information for resistance of different breeds of beef cattle to ticks. About 80% of the world's beef and dairy cattle are affected by zoonosis, which causes billions in losses to production on a global scale, the study's authors point out. The results of this unprecedented work are part of the article “Genomic prediction of various countries and breeds of resistance to ticks in beef cattle”, published in the international scientific journal Frontiers, informed the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa). In the photo, star ticks, recurring parasites of horses and cattle that can cause spotted fever (Photo: Reproduction/ TV Globo) According to researcher Fernando Flores Cardoso, chief general of Embrapa Pecuária Sul and first author of the article, the degree of Tick infestation is a very difficult phenotype to collect in herds to ...