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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced a plan to enhance the agency's ability to detect, control ...
Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...
Re-emergence of the New World Screwworm (NWS) has become a recent concern for American agriculture. As the fly moves closer ...
According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.
Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...
Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.
Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...
USDA launches an $8.5 million facility in South Texas to stop the deadly new world screwworm fly and protect U.S. livestock.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announces aggressive to combat New World screwworm’s northward spread.
The New World screwworm, eradicated in the United States in the 1960s, could again pose a threat to Texas livestock, the beef ...