DICKINSON, N.D. -- Cattle lice, a cold season insect, have been causing problems for cattle and ranchers this year after surviving treatments that usually eliminate them.

Many farmers and ranchers experience lice infestation in their cattle herds in the winter months. However, due to the region’s mild winter, some ranchers are still battling the pests, even ...

Targeting problems with lice and mange can help prevent further problems in cattle herds, according to veterinarian Shawn Nicholson. “We see the worst problems with lice and mange in the winter ...

Happy 2017! Let’s begin with a pestilence. No, this is not the first of seven plagues upon cattle producers. Instead, it's a longtime cold-weather tradition: Cattle lice. Often livestock ...

Lice are a common winter problem in cattle, with cold weather and short winter days. Summer heat, sunlight, and short hair make it more difficult for lice to survive and ...

Cattle producers should plan to treat for lice on January 1 (or a date close to then) because these pests may be literally sucking up and eating away your profit.

The ancestral Dutchman collared me the other day, and with the squint of an ancient mariner, proceeded to reveal to me the wondrous phenomenon overtaking his crepe myrtle. There on the trunk ...

- Anaemia caused by sucking lice (e.g. pale gums, especially in young animals) It is crucial to note that two types of lice affect cattle and treatments vary in effectiveness against them. Some ...

Cattle over the last six or seven years “have been targeted pretty closely” by lice, said Dave Boxler with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in North Platte.

IN the course of a study of the life-histories and bionomics of cattle lice, I have found that the species Solenopotes capillatus, End., hitherto considered to be rare in Great Britain, is more ...

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