Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...

Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...

Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says live and feeder cattle futures had a gap lower opening this morning on news from ...

Mexican cattle imports suspended after New World ... up its efforts in Central America to partner with impacted countries to push this pest out of newly affected areas,” Dr. Rosemary ...

Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...

A threat to American livestock – the New World Screwworm (NWS) fly, which has been considered eradicated from the country since 1966 — has reemerged as a potential danger following an outbreak ...

A $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm fly dispersal facility in South Texas, along with a comprehensive protection plan, ...

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service just suspended cattle trade with Mexico over the detection of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite. Here's what it could mean for you.

Jun. 1—A small, pale maggot about a half-inch long could cost New Mexico cattle ranchers greatly if it gets back into the country. One of the state's senators introduced new legislation to ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced risk-based port re-openings for cattle, bison and equines from Mexico ...

The New World screwworm was eradicated from the U.S. in 1966, but was detected in Mexico in 2024, concerning leaders that it ...