Just hearing the word "ticks" puts some people on edge because they consider the diseases the parasite sometimes gives to its ...

Just hearing the word “ticks” puts some people on edge as they consider the diseases the parasite sometimes gives to its ...

Environmental factors play a significant role in the foot rot transmission with increased incidences during or following wet, ...

Ticks are most active in summer, the same time people also flock to the woods and prairies where the creatures live.

A common tick-borne disease in cattle could eventually be a thing of the past thanks to a vaccine developed by University of Missouri researchers. Bovine anaplasmosis, common in Missouri, infects ...

University of Missouri researchers are working to develop the first-ever vaccine proven to protect cattle from a devastating tick-borne cattle disease known as bovine anaplasmosis. The research is ...

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

Scientists say they’ve developed a first-ever vaccine that’s designed to protect cattle from a potentially-deadly tick-borne disease that’s common in Iowa. Bovine anaplasmosis infects the ...

Experiencing wildlife on our travels opens us up to the potential for disease. These 10 animals can infect humans with ...

Metagonomic sequencing has helped researchers learn more about respiratory disease pathogens because the process canprovide ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has confirmed a case of Theileriosis in southeast Iowa for the first time.

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 ...