I’ve been hearing so much about ticks lately that it’s really been bugging me. The Asian Longhorned Tick is certainly one to keep an eye out for in our herds and flocks, but another ectoparasite that ...

WHILE carrying out work on the life-history of Malophagus ovinus, the sheep ked, difficulty was experienced in obtaining an effective cage which could be erected on sheep in the open.

A sheep tested negative for livestock diseases after its owner found an exotic tick on it that had not previously been seen in the United States, the state Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. On ...

Researchers at the University of Helsinki, the University of Zurich and the University of Exeter have carried out modelling on how environmental factors affect the occurrence of human-pathogenic ...

The National Sheep Association is backing efforts to develop a new vaccine against louping ill virus (LIV), a tick-borne disease that threatens sheep health and causes significant economic losses, ...

Two exotic species of ticks have been discovered for the first time in Rhode Island, state officials announced Monday. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said both Asian and ...

NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (WPRI) ─ Two species of ticks not commonly found in Rhode Island were discovered for the first time on Block Island this past summer. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental ...

THE sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus L., in the British Isles is confined principally to the uncultivated regions, the hills and moorlands, the wooded districts or areas of peat bog. It is responsible for ...

Two exotic species of ticks have been discovered for the first time in Rhode Island, state officials announced Monday. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said both Asian and ...

No specific environment or temperature favorable to all of the most common pathogens borne by ticks was found in an international study, since different bacterial species thrive in different ...