Dr. Reakes recently gave the Board of Agriculture a full account of the nature and habit of ticks m cattle. First class authorities in Great Britain had verified. the Dominion Department’s conclusions as to the identity of the ticks. It was realised that as ticks acted as conveyors to tick fever and are not in themselves capable of setting up this disease the presence of these parasites in New Zealand did not constitute an immediate menace in the form of causing or spreading tick fever, which has never gained an entrance here, or any other serious disease of cattle. At the same time, apart from serious disease, they could, if they became numerous enough, cause depreciation in the value of stock and moreover afford a medium for spreading it. The board has resolved that regulations are required to apply to the North Island, making tick infestation of cattle notifiable, compelling the cleansing of infested cattle from parasites and the preventing of their spread to other districts by travelling stock.
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Northland Age, Volume 16, Issue 36, 29 May 1919, Page 7
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