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How can livestock movement spread ticks?

Attached ticks can travel with animals between holdings, markets and regions, making movement history, inspection and official controls important.

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Short answer

Attached ticks can travel with animals between holdings, markets and regions, making movement history, inspection and official controls important.

At a glance

Attached ticks can travel with animals between holdings, markets and regions, making movement history, inspection and official controls important. Follow veterinary, medicine-record and animal-health rules for the species and country. Group-level monitoring and movement history are central to reliable control.

Key takeaways

• Attached ticks can travel with animals between holdings, markets and regions, making movement history, inspection and official controls important.

• Follow veterinary, medicine-record and animal-health rules for the species and country. Group-level monitoring and movement history are central to reliable control.

• Seek veterinary help for an unwell animal, difficult attachment, suspected poisoning, unusual tick or uncertainty about safe prevention and treatment.

Direct answer

Attached ticks can travel with animals between holdings, markets and regions, making movement history, inspection and official controls important.

Why context matters

Follow veterinary, medicine-record and animal-health rules for the species and country. Group-level monitoring and movement history are central to reliable control.

What to do next

Seek veterinary help for an unwell animal, difficult attachment, suspected poisoning, unusual tick or uncertainty about safe prevention and treatment.