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Scientific American3d
Flesh-Eating ‘Screwworm’ Parasites Are Headed to the U.S.
Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped ...
Drovers2d
New World Screwworm: The Billion Dollar Battle at the Southern Border
As the fight to keep the flesh-eating parasite out of the U.S. intensifies, the economic impact on ranchers and the industry ...
The Fence Post2d
Secretary Rollins announces bold plan to combat new world screwworm
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins Wednesday launched an $8.5 million sterile new world screwworm (NWS) fly ...
High Plains Journal4d
Rollins presses ahead with latest initiative on New World screwworm
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announces aggressive to combat New World screwworm’s northward spread.
Longview News-Journal4d
'A nasty parasite': State, federal agricultural leaders prepare plans to combat New World screwworm
State and federal agricultural leaders are making plans to combat a potentially devastating parasitic fly that they expect ...
Hoosier Ag Today3d
USDA’s Plan to Keep Screwworm Out of US
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Wednesday that USDA would be reestablishing a New World Screwworm sterile fly facility ...
KELOLAND.com3d
Veterinarian talks risks of ‘Screwworm’ to livestock
An insect, the New World Screwworm (NWS), is being described as one that could have a “devastating impact on livestock herds ...
KMA Radio4d
Pork sector not immune to Screwworm danger
The New World Screwworm is once again drawing attention as it creeps closer to the U.S. border. While it hasn’t been found in the United States, recent cases further south ...