Beef Magazine

Parasites

Is Your Dewormer WORKING? 

Apr 1, 2008 - By Joe Roybal Editor

Anthelmintics (dewormers) are among history's miracle drugs. Since first introduced in the 1960s, these products have literally helped feed a growing...

A Long, Thin Line 

Nov 1, 2007 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

There are some words in an obscure country song that the tick riders along the Rio Grande River between Texas and Mexico can appreciate. It's a long,...

Fever tick quarantine 

Oct 1, 2007

At least 50 premises in Zapata County along the Mexican border in South Texas are in a temporary quarantine area designated in early September to prevent...

Deworm nursing calves 

Jul 1, 2007

Research has debunked the theory that calves don't have a sufficiently high level of parasitism to warrant treatment until weaning, or after....

West Nile Warning: Mosquito Season Approaching  

Apr 13, 2007

West Nile Warning 

Apr 1, 2007 - By Clint Peck Contributing Editor

Late last summer, Randy Glover thought he was going to die; at times, he wanted to die. The resident of rural Billings, MT, was suffering from West Nile...

Shoo, Fly 

Apr 1, 2007 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

Those old-time Chinese warriors had some pretty sage wisdom know your enemy. To that, modern combatants in the annual Fly Wars add that it's a good idea...

Cattle-tick fight continues 

Apr 1, 2007 - compiled by Alaina Burt managing editor

Spinosad application is a useful addition to a tick-control program, say researchers at USDA-ARS Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory...

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