A pesticide and a vaccine are being developed to protect livestock from cattle ticks, which are becoming resistant to chemical treatments. The tiny blood-sucking insects can kill cattle by ...
On a cattle property in central Queensland, Bobby Rowe is fighting an old enemy — one he fears may soon outsmart the tactics he deploys against it. At Weir Park near Gogango, 65km south-west of ...
In this part of the country, rearing cattle in huge numbers is a norm, a sense of pride among the Banyankole tribemates. This norm is however threatened by a new type of drug resistant ticks which ...
Houston Tye Hinton, who works at a cattle ranch on the San Carlos Apache ... with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever — the deadliest tick-borne disease in the U.S., and a particular threat in this ...
Research collaboration by the Department of Entomology and the U.S. Department of Agriculture creates potential for genetic tools to control disease-spreading ticks.
Live cattle futures were down a tick to 95 cents, with some contracts up 7 cents to a dime. Cash trade has yet to begin this week, with last week showing steady trade, at $195-195.50 in the North and ...