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Book (stand-alone)Guidelines for sustainable tick control and acaricide resistance management in livestock
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2025Also available in:
No results found.This technical documentation supports the “Guidelines for sustainable tick control and acaricide resistance management in livestock” and provides practical information for managing tick populations and preventing acaricide resistance in livestock. Key sections include guidance on the identification and monitoring of ticks, laboratory bioassays for assessing resistance, recommendations for implementation of tick control strategy and best practices in acaricide use. The document also explores the social and behavioural factors influencing management practices and presents challenges and opportunities for implementing integrated tick management programmes.Additionally, it outlines regulatory requirements especially for the efficacy and safety evaluation of acaricides as well as a regional landscape of marketing authorization. Overall, this technical documention aims to provide practical and technical support to animal health professionals, promoting sustainable and effective tick control strategies that mitigate resistance development and ensure livestock health. -
Book (stand-alone)Red Palm Weevil: Guidelines on management practices 2020
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Since gaining a foothold on date palm in the Near East during the mid-1980s, the red palm weevil (RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier has spread rapidly over the last three decades and is now a major pest of palms in a diverse range of agroecosystems worldwide. In most of the countries affected, failure to manage RPW can be attributed to a lack of awareness about this pest and to lack of systematic and coordinated control actions or management strategies that involve all stakeholders. These guidelines have been developed by FAO to support all those involved in the day-to-day management of RPW in the field (including farmers and pest-management professionals), researchers, and the decision-makers and administrative stakeholders who support the implementation of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for RPW. Written by internationally recognized RPW experts, the guidelines describe the biology and host range of RPW and address all aspects of RPW-IPM, including surveillance, phytosanitary measures, early detection, pheromone trapping protocols, preventive and curative chemical treatments, removal and safe disposal of severely infested palms, and best agricultural practices to mitigate attacks by this lethal pest of palms. -
Book (series)Expert consultation on the sustainable management of parasites in livestock challenged by the global emergence of resistance
Part 1: Current status and management of acaricide resistance in livestock ticks – Virtual meeting, 9–10 November 2021
2022Also available in:
No results found.Ticks and tick-borne diseases are widely distributed worldwide, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. It has been estimated that eighty percent of the world's cattle population is exposed to tick infestation. Chemical control, dipping or spraying infested cattle with acaricides is the primary method of dealing with the cattle tick problem. However, widespread exposure to acaricides, often at sub-effective concentrations, has resulted in selecting resistant tick populations. Hence, acaricide resistance in livestock ticks negatively affects the livelihoods of millions of livestock producers. FAO organized a virtual expert consultation on 9-10 November 2021 on the sustainable management of parasites in livestock challenged by the global emergence of resistance. This report (part 1) concerns the first consultation, focusing on acaricide resistance. The purpose of the expert consultation was to provide FAO with a global overview of the current situation regarding the sustainable management of livestock ticks and enable FAO to re-enter the area of ticks and tick-borne livestock diseases in the (sub) tropics. In addition to animal health risks and production losses, there are also human health risks and environmental concerns over acaricides. Finally, the extensive use of antibiotics to prevent transmission of some of the major tick-borne diseases affecting livestock in (sub) tropical regions has raised concerns.
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