# Pounding parasites, vaccinating pay off

> A Texas High Plains rancher describes his deworming and vaccination program for cows and calves. The program targets parasites and diseases such as BVD and BRD. The article is a management feature on herd health.

- Date: 2017-03-28 · published 2017-03-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71972-pounding-parasites-vaccinating-pay-off
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Routine herd health practices support calf performance and weaning weights, but this is a management story with no direct price implication.

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-07-10 | [US recloses border with Mexico as flesh-eating parasite moves north \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23705-us-recloses-border-with-mexico-as-flesh-eating-parasite-moves-north-ap-news.md) | +2.6% | +6.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-04-29 | [US, Mexico step up joint efforts to contain flesh-eating parasite outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25086-us-mexico-step-up-joint-efforts-to-contain-flesh-eating-parasite-outbreak.md) | +0.5% | +2.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-05 | [US races to contain flesh-eating parasite screwworm, reports no further cases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18948-us-races-to-contain-flesh-eating-parasite-screwworm-reports-no-further-cases.md) | +0.4% | -2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-15 | [US plans $750M fly factory in Texas to fight flesh-eating parasite \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23287-us-plans-750m-fly-factory-in-texas-to-fight-flesh-eating-parasite-ap-news.md) | +1.1% | -0.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-03 | [Flesh-eating screwworm confirmed in Texas calf as parasite crosses border from Mexico \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18763-flesh-eating-screwworm-confirmed-in-texas-calf-as-parasite-crosses-border-from.md) | +0.0% | -0.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-07-10 | [US recloses border with Mexico as flesh-eating parasite moves north \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23705-us-recloses-border-with-mexico-as-flesh-eating-parasite-moves-north-ap-news.md) | +1.6% | +7.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-04-29 | [US, Mexico step up joint efforts to contain flesh-eating parasite outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25086-us-mexico-step-up-joint-efforts-to-contain-flesh-eating-parasite-outbreak.md) | +1.5% | +2.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-06-05 | [US races to contain flesh-eating parasite screwworm, reports no further cases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18948-us-races-to-contain-flesh-eating-parasite-screwworm-reports-no-further-cases.md) | +1.8% | +2.0% |

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-disease/pounding-parasites-vaccinating-pay-off

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