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 ...

Kansas State University is monitoring an invasive tick that has appeared in the Sunflower State, which can make infected ...

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 ...

A disease carried by an invasive tick species has been found in a cow in Barren County, and state officials continue to alert farmers about this new threat to the state’s cattle industry. This is the ...

SAN YGNACIO — When a neighbor’s bull jumped the fence this spring to make new friends on the Santa Maria Ranch, he apparently brought more than amorous ambitions. A month later, during a routine ...

Scientists at the US Department of Agriculture have developed two strategies to ward off cattle fever ticks that are crossing the border from Mexico into the United States. Scientists at the U.S.

A new disease carried by an invasive species of tick has killed cattle in two counties, and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture is alerting farmers of the emerging risk to their herds. The illness, ...

Arkansas cattle producers are being urged to check their herds for unusual ticks and to take measures to prevent transmission of theileriosis or other tick-related diseases. The warnings follow the ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has confirmed a case of Theileriosis, caused by Theileria orientalis Ikeda, in a herd of cattle in southeast Iowa for the first time. Theileria ...

Thanks Mwaluma for the question. Ticks are the most important pests of cattle and other domestic animals more so because of the diseases that they spread and their sucking of blood which reduces milk ...