The tick carries an anemia-causing parasite that preys on cattle blood cells and spreads bovine babesiosis, which causes fever, paralysis and often leads to death if left untreated.
What does BB stand for?
BB stands for Bovine Babesiosis
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Large scale survey of bovine babesiosis due to Babesia divergens in France.
Bovine babesiosis is listed by the World Organization for Animal Health as a notifiable disease," says Adalberto Perez de Leon, director of the Knipling-Bushland U.