# Quarantine Quandary, Update on the Texas Cattle Fever Ticks - Department of Animal Science

> A Texas A&M extension article reviews the history of the Texas cattle fever tick eradication program and the quarantine zone along the Texas-Mexico border. It explains that the ticks transmit Babesia parasites that are fatal to most susceptible cattle, and that the parasites remain active in Mexico.

- Date: 2018-06-08 · published 2018-06-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64465-quarantine-quandary-update-on-the-texas-cattle-fever-ticks-department-of-animal
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Continued tick presence near the border raises the risk of quarantine restrictions on cattle movements from Mexico, which can tighten feeder cattle supply in the US Southwest.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2020-11-20 | [Cattle industry focus on animal health begins at the ranch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50117-cattle-industry-focus-on-animal-health-begins-at-the-ranch.md) | +2.2% | +2.7% |
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| FCATTLE | 2024-12-23 | [OPINION: DOLLARS DON’T KILL SCREWWORMS > Texas Department of Agriculture Website > News & Events Details](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26909-opinion-dollars-don-t-kill-screwworms-texas-department-of-agriculture-website.md) | +2.4% | +8.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-09-24 | [Chief Vet calls for vigilance after Bluetongue detected in cattle imported to GB \| Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62966-chief-vet-calls-for-vigilance-after-bluetongue-detected-in-cattle-imported-to.md) | +0.8% | -1.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-08-21 | [Fever tick discussions ongoing - Texas Farm Bureau](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69402-fever-tick-discussions-ongoing-texas-farm-bureau.md) | +0.6% | +7.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-02-04 | [CME update: cattle futures slip despite solid domestic demand
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48769-cme-update-cattle-futures-slip-despite-solid-domestic-demand-the-beef-site.md) | +0.8% | +2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-07-19 | [Russia and Thailand issue temporary bans on imports of live cattle, buffalo and their products \| The National Tribune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46015-russia-and-thailand-issue-temporary-bans-on-imports-of-live-cattle-buffalo-and.md) | +0.8% | +1.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-12-16 | [Strange virus attacks cattle in Quang Nam border](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61528-strange-virus-attacks-cattle-in-quang-nam-border.md) | +0.6% | +5.5% |

## Sources

- animalscience.tamu.edu: https://animalscience.tamu.edu/department-updates/quarantine-quandary-update-on-the-texas-cattle-fever-ticks/

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