Two cows. Same University of Wyoming McGuire Ranch pasture northeast of Laramie near Sybille Canyon.
Two cows. Same University of Wyoming McGuire Ranch pasture northeast of Laramie near Sybille Canyon.
One cow has 383 horn flies sucking her blood; the other cow has four.
Why that remarkable difference?
A Cody High School graduate turned veterinarian, turned Army major, and now a Ph.D. student at UW, Craig Calkins is helping UW Extension range specialist Derek Scasta unravel the mystery of a pestilence that costs the livestock industry billions of dollars in losses.
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Image via Derek Scasta.
