(Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 1988) Das Abhijit; A. Basu
From the results of the various experiments of the present study, it can be concluded that the rabbits can be used as a suitable laboratory host for performing various experiments with the tick microplus.
By repeated infestation the laboratory host, rabbits gains sufficient amount of resistance against further infestation with B. microplus. For this purpose four repeated infestation is sufficient. As a result of repeated infestation the rabbits attains cell mediated immunity against the ticks evidenced by increase in basophil count.
Rabbits can also be immunized by inoculating tick tissus antigon, and this is more effective than immunization by repeated infestation.
Inoculation of tick tissues antigen hyper sensitizes the rabbits against the ticks.
