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Scientist Creates Test, Treatment for Malaria-Like Sickness in Horses
August 29, 2012 — A therapy used in an outbreak of equine piroplasmosis at the storied King Ranch in Texas is now being evaluated as a standard US treatment ... > full story -
Carnivores: Beware of Ticks
July 24, 2012 — If you are a steak lover, enjoy your meat while you can. A new article explains why if you have been bitten by a tick, you may develop an allergy to red ... > full story -
Novel Animal Reservoir for Group of Tick-Borne Diseases Discovered -- And It Lives in Your Backyard
June 23, 2012 — A new assay that uses mitochondrial DNA that mutates faster than nuclear DNA has allowed scientists to identify one of the major animal reservoirs for the ehlichioses, STARI and other tick-borne ... > full story -
Increase in Lyme Disease Mirrors Drop in Red Fox Numbers
June 18, 2012 — A continued increase of Lyme disease in the United States, once linked to a recovering deer population, may instead be explained by a decline of the red fox, researchers suggest in a new ... > full story -
Jurassic Pain: Giant 'Flea-Like' Insects Plagued Dinosaurs 165 Million Years Ago
May 1, 2012 — It takes a gutsy insect to sneak up on a huge dinosaur while it sleeps, crawl onto its soft underbelly and give it a bite that might have felt like a needle going in -- but giant "flea-like" animals, ... > full story -
Seabirds, a Key Factor in the Dispersal of Parasites
April 26, 2012 — Due to their capacity to travel long distances, seabirds play an important role in the dispersal and biodiversity of parasites and of the infectious agents these may transmit, a new study ... > full story -
Deadly Cat Disease: Effective Treatment for Bobcat Fever
April 18, 2012 — University of Missouri veterinarian Leah Cohn, a small animal disease expert, and Adam Birkenheuer from North Carolina State University, have found an effective treatment for "bobcat fever" which is ... > full story -
Lyme Disease Surge Predicted for Northeastern US: Due to Acorns and Mice, Not Mild Winter
March 16, 2012 — The northeastern US should prepare for a surge in Lyme disease this spring. And we can blame fluctuations in acorns and mouse populations, not the mild ... > full story -
Predicting the Spread of Ticks Across Canada
March 5, 2012 — Researchers are watching as ticks that carry Lyme disease colonize Canada, but their research aims to predict the communities most likely to be hit by this ... > full story -
Study Extends the 'Ecology of Fear' to Fear of Parasites
February 27, 2012 — The ecology of fear, like other concepts from predator-prey theory, also extends to parasites, new research suggests. Raccoons and squirrels would give up food, the study demonstrated, if the area ... > full story
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