A new red blood cell parasite, Theileria orientalis Ikeda, associated with the Asian long-horned tick has been detected in ...

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 ...