External parasites such as fleas, ticks, or mites can irritate pets and carry disease. But treatment, control and prevention are much easier than in…

A serious health problem in goats has researchers scrambling to come up with solutions.

Intestinal parasites are common in cats and dogs, and some can infect people. A parasite control program and other precautions can help protect both…

The American Association of Equine Practitioners has developed the first official set of guidelines for parasite control in horses.

The Companion Animal Parasite Council has issued new guidelines relevant to Lyme disease and regional parasitic diseases in general and has updated…

The American Association of Equine Practitioners recently released an updated version of its equine parasite control guidelines.

Dr. Susan Little finds the lives of parasites to be fascinating. Nevertheless, as a veterinarian, she wants them dead.

The Companion Animal Parasite Council recently recognized CAPC founding board members Dwight Bowman, PhD, and Byron Blagburn, PhD, for their…

Dr. Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram was named 2020 Inventor of the Year by the University of Illinois at Chicago, announced UIC in February, for work to…

  posted July 1, 2008   Parasitologists from the Companion Animal Parasite Council are …

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) recently issued revised Internal Parasite Control Guidelines to help minimize the risk of…

The Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) released its 2024 Pet Parasite Forecast in April. The forecast warns of the continued expansion of…

The Companion Animal Parasite Council’s annual Pet Parasite Forecast predicts a greater threat to pets from heartworm disease, Lyme disease,…

Dogs that visit dog parks may be more likely to have parasites than dogs in the general pet population, according to survey results. Through tests on…

The Companion Animal Parasite Council launched a Web site as a resource on zoonotic parasites in dogs and cats for pet owners.

Dogs in much of the U.S. likely will be at greater risk of heartworm, Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, and anaplasmosis this year as vectors and parasites…

Dr. Michelle Kornele said antiparasitic drug resistance, long a problem managed by owners of small ruminants, is increasing in horses and

In a scientific article published this summer, a research team from the University of Wisconsin and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural…

Leaders of the Companion Animal Parasite Council recommend that veterinarians consider sending reminders to clients earlier about parasite protection…

Veterinarians and parasitologists tend to perceive antiparasitic drug resistance as at least a moderate risk to ruminants and horses, according to…

The combination medicated feed containing Safe-Guard (fenbendazole) and Lincomix (lincomycin) for use in pigs has been voluntary withdrawn by its…

The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists have updated the

Two federal agencies are considering transferring oversight of some 600 products from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Food and Drug…

The Food and Drug Administration announced in March and April that it had approved six generic animal drugs.

A problem does exist with lack of efficacy of heartworm preventives, according to a panel of representatives from the American Heartworm Society and…