ticks

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Alpha-gal Syndrome: The “red meat allergy” caused by ticks  

HPJ Field Editor Lacey Vilhauer explains AGS, otherwise known as "red meat allergy" and how to protect yourself from contracting it. Read More

Little gray mouse crawls out of metal construction. (Adobe Stock │ #386957780 - glebchik)
Health & Wellness, Home and Family, Pests

Prevent mice and rats from coming inside

Close up of the tick. (Adobe Stock │ #115948190 - Volodymyr)
Animal Health, Beef, Cow Calf, Dairy, Livestock

Time to check and treat your herd for ticks



Warning tick infested area sign in a grassy field. (Adobe Stock │ #690377558 - Yuriy T)

Tick, Tick, Tick: Warm weather creates opportunity for blood-sucking parasite

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Image of invasive Asian Longhorned tick. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Kelly Loftin)

Invasive tick found in Arkansas herd cattle

  • By Sarah Cato │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
With people spending more time outdoors in the summer, all family members should be checked for ticks afterward. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Ticks add to risk for people, pets

With people spending more time outdoors in the summer, all family members should be checked for ticks afterward. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Keep your family safe from ticks

VECTOR, will focus on a range of vectors from mosquitoes, fleas and ticks like these brown dog ticks. (Photo by Courtney Sacco, Texas A&M AgriLife.)

Texas works to lessen spread of diseases by mosquitoes and ticks