Abstract
An apparatus for infesting cattle with lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum (L.), was constructed from an elastic band and was attached about the girth of a calf by a pair of leather straps to form a belt. Snap fasteners on the belt hold two-part, seamless steel cans (containing the ticks) to the belt. Once the belt is positioned on a calf and the cans are fastened in place, a latex band blocking the exit holes in each can is removed and the ticks crawl onto the host. The belt has no effect on average daily gain in preweaner calves, but provides a method for infesting calves with lone star ticks in numbers similar to those observed in field infestations.
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