Tag: tick fever

• Thursday, May 24th 2012 - 16:41 UTC

  Outbreak of tick fever kills 22 cattle in Australia; origin of the parasite unknown

  

  Twenty-two cattle have been killed by tick fever in the New South Wales, Australia. Tick fever is caused by a parasite in red blood cells and the only thing that can spread tick fever is cattle ticks, reports Meat trade news daily.