It sounds like something out of a creepy nightmare. A year and a half ago, Abby Beckley, of Grants Pass, then 26, felt a prickling in her left eye. She stood in front of a mirror and pulled a small, ...

Dear Doctor: Please tell me more about the recent story in the news about the young woman who spent time on a ranch and then found worms living inside her eyes. We are cattle ranchers, and now I'm ...

The invasive screwworm is once again turning up near the border region. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on Sunday, May 11, that she is suspending live cattle, horses and bison ...

Give a screwworm an inch, and it’ll take a mile. This pernicious pest, which, in its adult form, has bulging orange eyes and a metallic blue-green body, has held insecta non grata status in Texas ...

Parasites are growing resistant to dewormers used by many Missouri farmers to treat their cattle. That’s according to a new study from University of Missouri researchers. Parasites can cause weight ...

Research carried out in the Netherlands has revealed that the genetic background of cattle apparently determines how quickly and effectively they acquire immunity to infections from gastrointestinal ...

RED ROCK, Texas — An invader that could severely damage the state's cattle industry is on Texas’ doorstep and is inching closer to the U.S.-Mexico border. The maggot, known as the New World screwworm, ...

The 68-year-old is just the second person diagnosed with the cattle eye worm infection A 68-year-old woman felt an irritation in her right eye, so she flushed it out with water. That’s when she ...

It is no secret that cattle deworming products are becoming less and less effective. Dr. Christine Navarre, DVM, Extension veterinarian at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, spoke about ...

CORYELL COUNTY, Texas (KXXV) — A screw worm found in one cow in Southern Mexico has halted cattle imports to the United States for two months, pushing already record-high cattle prices even higher.