Cattle fever ticks once threatened the entire U.S. beef industry. They spread disease that’s often fatal to cows. The ticks are contained in South Texas through quarantine and observation. But ...

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 ...

Theileriosis, a disease carried by Asian longhorned ticks, has been detected in Iowa cattle for the first time. The disease can cause anemia and death in cattle, but it poses no risk to humans. Cattle ...

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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is issuing a new warning about ticks after the reported deaths of five cows in North Carolina. All of the cows’ deaths were linked to acute anemia caused ...

Every farmer is aware of the negative impacts of ticks on livestock, health, productivity and value. Ticks bite, suck blood (which is their only food) and in the process spread disease causing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These invasive ticks so heavily infested an Ohio farm in 2021 that three cows died from blood loss. Since 2017, the Asian ...

With the weather slowly warming up, people and pets alike are bound to come across ticks, which could potentially lead to illnesses such as lyme disease. While tick exposure can happen at any time of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red Angus beef cattle eat from a trough at a central Iowa farm in 2018. A parasite that can kill beef cattle has been detected in ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Every farmer is aware of the negative impacts of ticks on livestock, health, productivity ...

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 ...