03/03/2010 10:50AM
Control of Horn Flies (Haematobia irritans) and Gastrointestinal Nematodes and Its Relations With Growth Performance in Stocker Cattle DeRouen et al., 2010. Louisiana State University
02/05/2010 08:57AM
Andrew McCrea recently caught up with Dr. Larry Hawkins with Bayer Animal Health for a preview of what's to come in 2010.
02/02/2010 01:38PM
Late-January and early-February seem "a world" away from fly problems,
but for cattlemen fly problems are only three short months away. Face
flies, accidentally introduced to the United States only about forty to
fifty years ago, are one of those pests that will be around in less
than ninety days.
01/28/2010 10:21AM
Clinical parasitism in cattle has obvious effects such as anorexia, interference with digestion, anemia, bottle jaw, increased gut motility and disruption of fluid and mineral homeostasis (diarrhea) and a rough hair coat. But it's the indirect, or subclinical effects of parasitism that can steal your profits, says veterinary parasitologist Bert Stromberg of the University of Minnesota.
01/27/2010 03:33PM
The horn fly was accidentally introduced into the U.S. from southern France prior to 1886.