Since April When the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the drug Fenbendizol on wild quail, sales of QuailGuard medicated feed have been brisk, according to Quailguard, LLC President Joe Crafton.

Use of a Holistic Approach to Study the Complex System of Bobwhites and Their Parasites Within South Texas. There is no greater concern about a game species in Texas than for bobwhite quail.

The northern bobwhite is a game species of ecological, economic, cultural, and recreational importance in Texas. South Texas is regarded as one of the last places in the state with suitable habitat for bobwhite populations have been ; nevertheless, bobwhite populations have been declining.

Author: Matt Williams | Published:  June 8, 2024 It’s been a while since quail managers across Texas have had much to chatter about, but hopes are […]

Author: Chris Dorsey | Published: May 29, 2024 With ample rainfall, healthy cover, and an abundance of quail in the summer of 2010, hunters in the […]

The most important advance in 80-plus years in our understanding of bobwhite quail ecology – or, more to the point, bobwhite quail mortality – has been the discovery that a certain parasitic eyeworm, Oxyspirura petrowi, not only has the potential to devastate quail populations on a landscape scale, but to do so with breathtaking, even frightening, rapidity.

The FDA has approved the use of an anthelmintic drug for parasite control in wild quail populations. The FDA concluded that the drug integrated into a medicated feed is both safe and effective in controlling parasites in wild quail in their natural habitat.

It’s a late September morning and opening day for the northern bobwhite quail is still weeks away, but Ronald Kendall is already on the hunt for the once ubiquitous game bird, known to its aficionados as Gentleman Bob.

My interest in wild bobwhite quail began when I was growing up in South Carolina, being mentored by my grandfather. He was an avid outdoorsman and had particular fondness for quail...