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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 ...

Texas, USDA unveil $100 million push and $750 million plant to stop New World screwworm

Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins held a joint news conference Friday to announce new ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces plans to address screwworm threat

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

Ranchers in southern Mexico are struggling against a flesh-eating parasite infecting livestock

Alfredo Chavez, a cattle rancher and livestock technician, shows New World screwworm larvae removed from a cow at his ranch in Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, amid an infestation ...

Mexican ranchers struggle to adapt as a tiny parasite ravages their cattle exports to the US

The U.S. has suspended live cattle imports from Mexico due to concerns about the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite ...
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Mexico Wants More U.S. Help to Contain Screwworm

Berdegué said the number of flies dispersed in Mexico has reached 100 million a week. Screwworm flies lay their eggs on live animals, and the larvae burrow into the flesh of the host.
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USDA expands effort to protect livestock industry from NWS

NWS is a devastating pest, the USDA said. When NWS fly larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of a living animal, they cause ...
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CBP El Paso warns about New World screwworm threat

U.S. Customs and Border Protection El Paso sector is warning about the threat of the New World Screwworm to the regional ...