Justin Smith of the Kansas Department of Agriculture talks about the New World Screwworm parasite and its northward expansion ...

Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

As ports of entry along the southern border are about to gradually reopen to cattle imports, Mexican authorities announced ...

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

The Southwest border has been closed to cattle since May to prevent the northern spread of New World screwworm.

In the 1940s and 1950s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...

Violet coloured traps are better at controlling flies than traditional blue and black ones, according to new research.

The disease, which can be fatal, is spread through a parasite in Asian Longhorned Ticks, a new invasive tick only recently ...

Proactive summer health management is essential to keep cattle thriving through the grazing season, writes Thomas O'Sullivan, ...

Recently, however, the severe human consequences of the screw worm have been apparent at the central Dr Mario Catarino Rivas ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins came to the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas on Wednesday and announced what she called a "bold" new multi-national plan to stop New World Screwworms from ...

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