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A flesh-eating parasite once plagued American cattle. Now it's threatening to return
It’s been decades since the New World Screwworm was a problem in the U.S., but the flies are now advancing northward from ...
State leaders reassure public: meat remains safe despite screwworm concerns in livestock
TheOklahoma Secretary of Agriculture and the Oklahoma State Veterinarian are addressing the New World Screwworm (NWS), a ...
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New World Screwworm’s Threat Grows: Pest Detected Only 700 Miles From the U.S. Border
NCBA applauds Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins' aggressive efforts to suspend Mexican cattle, horse and bison imports, ...
Flesh-eating screwworm detected, US stops imports of Mexican cattle
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended all horse, cattle and bison imports over the parasitic outbreak.
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NCBA pushes for domestic sterile fly facility to eradicate New World screwworm
As the threat posed by the New World screwworm rises, NCBA today joined affiliate state associations in urging Congress to ...
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Hold your horses: USDA suspending some livestock imports along Southern border
The CDC is asking that any animal and human infestations are reported immediately to local health departments.
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Oklahoma officials prep for screwworms, as pest spreads into North America
Detections of new world screwworms, a flesh-eating maggot, have grown in recent years in South America. As the federal ...
Texas combating flesh-eating screwworms with proposed fly sterilization plant
The New World Screwworm is posing a huge threat to Texas livestock, the beef industry and the economy. lawmakers are stepping ...
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Parasitic fly puts halt to cattle imports; U.S. legislators back domestic sterilization facility
A cattle ban placed on the southern border has prompted dozens of U.S. representatives to introduce a bill that would prevent ...
The U.S. suspended Mexican beef imports. Could the screwworm spread in Canada?
After the United States suspended imports of Mexican live beef cattle on Sunday, one Canadian public health expert says ...
Livestock imports from Mexico halted amid screw worm outbreak
The U.S. has temporarily banned livestock imports from Mexico due to a rapid spread of screw worm disease, potentially affecting meat prices.
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Tennessee State Veterinarian issues alert for New World Screwworm
The New World Screwworm is a parasitic fly that feeds on the live tissue of warm-blooded animals, and the bite causes painful ...