The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

The AI microscope will automate the tedious job of fecal egg counting, which is used to identify parasites in farm animals.

At this stage of the year, cattle are returning to paddocks that they have already grazed, and parasite burdens will start to ...

USDA announces new Texas facility to breed sterile New World screwworm flies as part of an effort to combat the flesh-eating ...

Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped ...

Theileriosis, a disease carried by Asian longhorned ticks, has been detected in Iowa cattle for the first time. The disease ...

The US government will be opening a fly factory in Texas to mass produce millions of infertile flies as part of a ...

The disease, which can be fatal, is spread through a parasite in Asian Longhorned Ticks, a new invasive tick only recently ...

The presence of a preferred host, such as cattle, generates a surge in new ticks as females begin to lay thousands of eggs. Experts expect the disease to spread north this summer, though it's ...

If cattle producers suspect either Theileria or an invasion of Asian longhorned ticks, they should have a veterinarian collect samples and submit them to the Iowa State University Veterinary ...

Cattle industry warns of killer parasite posing $11 billion threat to Texas The New World screwworm has been advancing north through Mexico, causing the U.S. to temporarily close the border to ...