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U.S. Suspends Live Animal Imports Amid Screwworm Outbreak in Mexico
Screwworms mainly affect livestock but can also infest humans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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 ...
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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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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, ...
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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 ...
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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Lawmakers in border states introduce bill to combat screwworm outbreak
U.S. lawmakers introduced the STOP Screwworms Act to fund a sterile fly facility to combat the New World screwworm outbreak ...
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 ...
Flesh-eating screwworm prompts livestock import suspension at U.S.-Mexico border
The United States has suspended imports of cattle, horses, and bison at the Southern border in response to the threat posed by the New World screwworm.