Research collaboration by the Texas A&M Department of Entomology and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, creates potential for genetic tools to control disease-spreading ticks. A recently ...

Two tick-borne diseases that look nearly identical in the field are increasingly turning up in the same herds — and only a ...

Research collaboration by the Texas A&M Department of Entomology and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, creates potential for genetic tools to control disease-spreading ticks. Jason Tidwell is ...

WEBB CITY, Mo. — According to an MU Extension livestock specialist, large numbers of fleas and ticks represent a significant health concern for cattle. We spoke with a local veterinarian about the ...

Now is the time to review what strategies have been used for prevention, if those strategies actually impact ticks or flies, ...

Dec. 4 (UPI) --The Exzolt Cattle-CA1, aka Fluralaner, topical drug has received conditional approval from federal regulators to prevent and treat New World Screwworm and cattle fever tick infestations ...

As most cattle producers know from year-to-year, the fly and tick season is highly variable. Some may have pinned their hope in a hard winter to reduce these external parasites, but in reality, it may ...

Since an Asian tick made its way to Iowa this year, there's been several new cases of an illness found in cattle that can be deadly. Theileriosis is caused by a parasite in Asian Longhorned Ticks ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Kansas researchers are monitoring the spread of an invasive tick species that poses a threat to the state’s cattle through a dangerous blood parasite. Kansas cattle ranchers are ...

An East Tennessee cattle farm reported the loss of two heifers following a severe infestation of Asian longhorned ticks. The invasive tick species can reproduce without mating, allowing for rapid ...