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 ...

Theileria orientalis ikeda was first detected in Missouri in June 2023 and has since been reported in 60 counties. With the westward movement of this disease, it is critical to understand how it ...

Scientists create potential for genetic tools to control disease-spreading ticks. Research collaboration by the Texas A&M Department of Entomology and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, creates ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is issuing a new warning about ticks after the reported deaths of five cows in North Carolina. All of the cows’ deaths were linked to acute anemia caused ...

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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. More Iowa herds have tested positive for a tick-borne parasite that can sicken and kill cattle, but ...

Since the early 1900s, eradicating cattle fever ticks has challenged surveillance and quarantine programs designed to protect the U.S. and Texas cattle industry. Over the decades, scientists and ...

These invasive ticks so heavily infested an Ohio farm in 2021 that three cows died from blood loss. Since 2017, the Asian longhorned tick has been found in 23 states, helped along by the fact that ...

A southeast Iowa cattle herd is the first in the state to be infected with a parasite that can cause anemia and in some cases, death. Theileriosis impacts red and white blood cells in cattle and is ...

The cattle fever tick was eradicated from the United States in 1943. Despite decades of efforts by federal agencies to control its reintroduction into Texas, the tick is once again thriving in some ...

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 ...