Cattle in a dipping program are run through a dipping vat every two weeks for six months. Teel said dipping every 14 days is key to killing adult ticks before the females have a chance to drop off the ...

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 ...

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 ...

KANSAS (KSNT) – Kansas State University is monitoring an invasive tick that has appeared in the Sunflower State, which can make infected cattle carriers for life of a tick-borne parasite. “This ...

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 ...

What you need to know: Farmers welcome dip tank revival, reducing costly manual tick treatments. Farmers in Mucwini Sub-county, Kitgum District, have welcomed the rehabilitation of a long-dormant ...

Oklahoma cattle producers face a new and concerning threat: the Asian Longhorned Tick. This invasive species, native to East Asia, has recently been identified in Eastern Oklahoma. Oklahoma cattle ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) — A heads up for ...

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 ...