An Oklahoma State University Extension specialist said Asian longhorned ticks and horn flies are threats to 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 ...

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 ...

Kansas State University Extension is warning cattle producers about a dangerous tick-borne illness with no treatment or ...

Grazing low-risk tick pastures with maiden heifers before they reach bulling age will help beef suckler herds to build their ...

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 tick Boophilus microplua Can., is generally considered to be the most serious single cause of loss to the cattle industry in tropical Australia, contributing to the death of many cattle in dry ...

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 ...

DIPPING COWS TO ERADICATE TEXAS TICK FEVER: At a U.S. facility circa 1920-1930. Credit: Courtesy Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. In early 1922, federal, state and local ...

The disease Theileriosis which is carried by ticks has been found in Iowa cattle for the first time. (ISU Extension photo by Dr. Dan Goehl) A cattle disease carried by ticks is now confirmed in Iowa ...

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 ...