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Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins at the Texas Capitol where Rollins announced the ...
With the presence of a deadly, flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. growing greater by the day, federal and Texas officials are ...
Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins held a joint news conference Friday to announce new ...
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 ...
On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins publicly addressed “plans to fight ...
The USDA has announced a new sterile fly breeding site in southern Texas to protect American cattle from the deadly New World ...
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 ...
On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins publicly addressed “plans to fight back against threats posed by the New World 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.
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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