“…Individuals are generally identified as needing to receive treatment on the basis of their level of parasitism or performance (Charlier et al., 2014). Although TST strategies have been developed and applied successfully in lambs (Greer et al., 2009, Kenyon et al., 2009, Kenyon et al., 2013), there are considerably fewer studies on cattle, with the first insights into the application of TST having occurred relatively recently (Greer et al., 2010, McAnulty et al., 2011, Höglund et al., 2013, O'Shaughnessy et al., 2014a, O'Shaughnessy et al., 2015a, O'Shaughnessy et al., 2015b). As there are important differences in host-parasite interactions and parasite epidemiology between cattle and sheep, differences in the methodology and application of TST in cattle can be expected.…”