The Museum of Novel Fire Ant Control Methods and Products was developed to address the interest in fire ant control practices and products that have been...

Ticks, chiggers, horn flies, and other external parasites can be reduced with fire. However, studies have shown parasite reductions are generally short-lived...

Internal parasites are small organisms that live a portion of their life cycle in a host animal -- in this case, the horse.They live in internal organs, body...

The small strongyle is considered to be the most common internal parasite of horses. The adult form of all strongyles (large or small) infects the cecum and...

Strongyles are grouped as either large or small. The three primary species of large strongyles that infect the horse are:The adult form of all strongyles...

Bots are a type of intestinal parasites that are larvae of the botfly, Gasterophilus. Female botflies lay their eggs by attaching them to the hairs of the...

Parascaris equorum, the horse roundworm. A large yellow to white parasite (females may be up to 15 inches long). Ascarids may appear in the feces of infected...