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 ...

In the Arkansas River Valley, Cy Shurtleff, DVM, owner of Morrilton Veterinary Clinic in Morrilton, Arkansas, has seen more fluke issues in recent years. “We’ve been running fluke finder tests because ...

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

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. Please log ...

Key progress” has been made against the New World screwworm, the U.S. ag secretary says, adding that there has been no ...

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.