A local agricultural research foundation is focused on spreading awareness of a potential parasitic fly outbreak in South ...

Ohio State Extension educator Ted Wiseman provides tips to control flies around livestock to reduce stress and disease transmission.

A deepening crisis is unfolding along the U.S.-Mexico border as parasitic larvae from New World screwworm flies infest cattle ...

By Seth Millstein for Sentient. Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Oklahoma News Service reporting for the ...

These may serve as a primary control method or can be applied later in the season as fly tag effectiveness declines. Their duration of protection is generally shorter, from one to three weeks, and is ...

as well as adding minerals to the feed and tagging the cattle for fly control. She fears it won't be enough. "I think we're not prepared,” she said, adding the industry doesn’t have the same ...

Since there are so many products on the market for fly control, work with your Extension specialist or veterinarian to develop a plan to control flies that best suits your cattle operation.

including flies and ticks “of economic importance to US cattle producers.” That includes continuing to improve ways to control the screwworm fly — especially in the face of ongoing threats ...

Cattle owners often make the mistake of waiting too long to implement fly control measures, according to the Texas A&M report. 1 “If you wait until flies are already a problem, management becomes much ...

An outbreak of screwworm — a fly that infects ... with out-of-control forest fires decimating thousands of hectares of rainforest at the hands of illegal cattle ranchers. There are believed ...

This disease is a highly contagious inflammation of eye parts in cattle. The incidence of pinkeye in a herd can vary greatly from year to year and is usually greatest during fly season.