Ticks news

Goats bought to clear bush became a Savanna stud in Limpopo

The Barnard family brought Savanna goats to their Thabazimbi farm to control bush encroachment and now breed them as a registered stud, without losing an animal to tick-borne disease.

Farmers Weekly South Africa30 September 20262 min read

Livestock

A panting cow may be anaemic, not sick in the lungs: two tick-borne look-alikes

University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension veterinarian Sandy Stuttgen walks through a case where a cow's laboured breathing pointed to anaplasmosis or theileriosis, two red-blood-cell diseases that look the same but need different responses.

Farm Progress17 September 20262 min read