Explain eight ways in which ticks can be controlled on a livestock farm.

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(i) Burning infested pastures to kill developmental stages.

(ii) Rotational grazing to starve and kill developmental stages

(iii)Hand picking and killing the ticks

(iv)Double fencing off pasture land and farm to keep away infested animals

(v) Ploughing pasture land to burry and kill developmental stages.

(vi)Top dressing pasture using lime to kill the ticks

(vii) Spraying using acaricides/hand dressing/dipping to kill ticks

(viii) Use of natural enemies to kill ticks

(ix)Self licking to dislodge the ticks from the body

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