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The USDA will reopen Mexico livestock ports in phases starting July 7 after an 8-week closure due to a New World Screwworm threat.
Texas agencies are ganging up on a bad, bad worm. According to a release, the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks ...
In the 1940s and 1950s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...
A parasitic fly that devastated Texas livestock in the 1960s is spreading north through Central America and potentially ...
Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...
USDA launches an $8.5 million facility in South Texas to stop the deadly new world screwworm fly and protect U.S. livestock.
According to a release, the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will team up to combat the ...
The New World screwworm is posing a serious threat to Texas livestock, the beef industry, and the broader state economy.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins launched an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced a sweeping five-pronged plan to enhance ...
With the flesh-eating screwworm inching toward Texas, the state will commission a team to fight the parasitic fly and protect ...
Recently, however, the severe human consequences of the screw worm have been apparent at the central Dr Mario Catarino Rivas ...
A dangerous flesh-eating fly is quietly spreading across North and Central America, threatening millions of cattle. The ...