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USDA Secretary announces large federal investment, new South Texas facility to combat New World screwworm

Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins at the Texas Capitol where Rollins announced the ...

Abbott, Rollins announce plans to address screwworm threat on cattle, livestock

On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins publicly addressed "plans to fight ...

Gov. Abbott announces $750M New World Screwworm protection facility

The facility will have the capacity to produce 300 million sterile screwworm flies per week, tripling the current capacity to ...
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U.S. will build sterile fly factory in Texas to stop screwworm from devastating livestock industry

Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who typically patrol the southern border to protect cattle from fever tick, ...
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Rollins sets new steps to combat cattle pest, cites beef price concerns

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announces new steps to keep New World screwworm out of the U.S. while acknowledging that ...

Texas working to develop new weapons in its battle to halt New World screwworm before it gets to border

Texas Agriculture Department debuts new Swormlure traps, Ivermectin feed additives and a cattle vaccine to combat New World ...

From the Ground Up: Growing concern surrounding the New World Screwworm

It was, in part, to keep the New World Screwworm from entering the U.S. It’s a tiny parasitic fly but it could have ...
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New world screwworm symposium scheduled for Sept. 24-25

The United States Animal Health Association will host a timely and critical new world screwworm symposium Sept. 24-25, 2025, ...

Bird flu wiped out poultry. Now the screwworm is coming for beef

The parasitic fly that attacks warm-blooded animals was eliminated from the United States in the 1960s, but it’s creeping ...