Tick Fever.

We have recently had an incident where one of our British White cattle contracted Tick Fever – not once but twice although she was vaccinated against it prior to us purchasing her.

Tick fever is caused by infection with the BABESIA and ANAPLASMA organisms transmitted by the cattle tick.  All cattle in tick infected regions are at risk of coming down with tick fever.  Our cow came from a non-tick region to our property which is within a tick area and this is one of the biggest ...