Flesh-Eating Pest Confirmed in U.S. Cattle
#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }New World ScrewwormCases Rise in U.S.What to KnowRace to Contain SpreadAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTFlesh-Eating Pest Confirmed in U.S. CattleThe New World screwworm was found in a calf in South Texas, the Agriculture Department said, the first case in the country since the 1960s.Listen · 2:53 min Share full articleThe New World screwworm fly has been moving north since it was detected at the Guatemalan-Mexican border in 2024. The department has also deployed veterinarians and animal health officials to the area, as has the Texas Animal Health Commission.Officials are also dispersing millions of sterile New World screwworm flies, aerially and by truck, in the area.
- ▪#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }New World ScrewwormCases Rise in U.S.What to KnowRace to Contain SpreadAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTFlesh-Eating Pest Confirmed in U.S.
- ▪CattleThe New World screwworm was found in a calf in South Texas, the Agriculture Department said, the first case in the country since the 1960s.Listen · 2:53 min Share full articleThe New World screwworm fly has been moving north since it
- ▪The department has also deployed veterinarians and animal health officials to the area, as has the Texas Animal Health Commission.Officials are also dispersing millions of sterile New World screwworm flies, aerially and by truck, in the are
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#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }New World ScrewwormCases Rise in U.S.What to KnowRace to Contain SpreadAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTFlesh-Eating Pest Confirmed in U.S. CattleThe New World screwworm was found in a calf in South Texas, the Agriculture Department said, the first case in the country since the 1960s.Listen · 2:53 min Share full articleThe New World screwworm fly has been moving north since it was detected at the Guatemalan-Mexican border in 2024.
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