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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

High calf prices, weather and a new threat will headline the general session of the 71st annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course Aug. 4-6.

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 ...

Why flexibility with cattle is vital for managing pasture pressure and how stock handling, fencing, and stock sense are key ...