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The dogs training to sniff out flesh-eating screwworm in Mexico
STORY: Hummer, a young mixed-breed dog, walks around a variety of samples until he finds what he’s searching for – the scent of screwworm.The canine is part of a select group chosen for a three-month intensive training program from a special unit of Mexico's health safety agency Senasica.
US again halts cattle imports from Mexico over flesh-eating screwworms
The flesh-eating livestock pest New World screwworm has advanced closer to the U.S. border with Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, prompting Washington to block imports of Mexican cattle just days after it allowed them to resume at a port of entry in Arizona.
The U.S. has again ceased livestock imports from Mexico related to the presence of the parasitic New World screwworm fly ...
The map shows the ports of entry affected by the U.S. Agriculture Department’s announcement and the approximate locations of ...
What is the New World screwworm fly and why has the US closed its border to Mexican livestock again?
The US has reinstated its livestock import ban from Mexico after the New World screwworm fly was found further north than ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the border closure after Mexico reported a case of a flesh-eating parasite ...
Understanding the New World screwworm blowfly and its behavior underscores why it is so dangerous to the livestock industry.
In Mexico, dogs like Hummer are crucial in detecting screwworm, a pest threatening livestock and trade. Trained at a ...
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has openly criticised the United States government’s reimposition of a ban on cattle ...
Mexico's government said on Monday that it has started to build a $51 million facility in the country's south as part of an ...
The United States and Mexico plan to reopen the U.S. border to Mexican cattle imports in July. U.S. agriculture officials had ...
The USDA previously reopened certain ports, such as Douglas, Arizona, after Mexico's efforts to control the screwworm pest.
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