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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

VERY striking data as to the extent of the loss of crops occasioned by diseases of parasitic origin are contained in the paper on economic mycology read by Prof. M. C. Potter at the Newcastle ...

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 ...

Comedian Eric Andre said he ate mushrooms from cow poop while on vacation in Oaxaca, Mexico and ended up having parasites in his GI tract, which took six months to recover from.