Texas Cattle Groups Dispute Over Tick Treatment Ban

WACO (AP) — Texas ranchers and several government agencies say a recent decision to ban a tool to treat a deadly tick could put cattle at risk.
The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller last month halted the use of 15 cattle fever tick spray boxes in South Texas for lacking ventilation. The boxes spray livestock with a chemical to eliminate ticks that spread bovine babesiosis.
The Texas Animal Health Commission says the disease kills 90 percent of the a