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 ...

The Asian longhorned tick, slightly larger than a poppyseed, can carry a rare pathogen that has been identified in cattle in multiple Virginia counties. Theileria orientalis Ikeda strain is 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. A recently ...

A tiny cattle tick is causing big economic losses to farmers and ranchers worldwide. A pioneering University of Nevada, Reno researcher in the field of tick research to help reduce the incidence of ...

Thanks Mwaluma for the question. Ticks are the most important pests of cattle and other domestic animals more so because of the diseases that they spread and their sucking of blood which reduces milk ...

When hiking, many know to check their bodies for ticks to avoid getting Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Many of these tick diseases are region-specific. In the same way, ticks can also ...

Environmental protections for wildlife at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge near the border in South Texas are also safeguarding one of the U.S. beef industry’s worst enemies: the cattle ...

A parasite that can kill beef cattle has been detected in a southeast Iowa herd. It is the first time a case of Theileriosis has been found in the state, according to the Iowa Department of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Agriculture officials say an invasive tick that could threaten the heath of cattle has been found in eight Tennessee counties. Federal and state officials said in a news ...

A tick-borne pathogen that can be fatal in cattle is now spreading across northwest Arkansas. Theileria orientalis, carried by Asian Longhorned ticks, is spreading across the United States, said Kelly ...