Invasive Asian longhorned tick spreads deadly cattle disease across 25 states, causing major livestock losses and pregnancy ...

ZAPATA, Texas (Border Report) — At 82 years old, longtime rancher Renato Ramirez knows the South Texas borderlands. And on a recent day as he looked across the Rio Grande to Mexico he fretted. A group ...

Alpha-gal syndrome, a tickborne allergy to red meat and dairy, has become more common in the last few years. The condition ...

Asian longhorned tick transmits a parasite, Theileria oreintalis Ikeda, which destroys red blood cells. Cattle health this summer is a mix of old familiar challenges and new concerns. In the summer ...

STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) — A heads up for cattle producers: there’s a deadly tick in the United States, and researchers at Oklahoma State University are concerned. “These ticks can be so high on a ...

A parasite that can kill beef cattle has been detected in a southeast Iowa herd. It is the first time a case of Theileriosis has been found in the state, according to the Iowa Department of ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas researchers are monitoring the spread of an invasive tick species that poses a threat to the state’s cattle through a dangerous blood parasite. Kansas cattle ranchers are facing ...

The Asian Longhorned Tick (ALHT) poses a serious threat to cattle health. ALHTs carry Theileria, which is a protozoan parasite that infects red and white blood cells. It can lead to anemia and, in ...

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 ...

Cattle health this summer is a mix of old familiar challenges and new concerns. In the summer heat, farmers are still focused on heat stress and related issues, but they are also facing new threats ...