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"Certain drugs to treat screwworm infection are not licensed in the U.S., having been unnecessary for half a century." ...
New World Screwworm spreads from Mexico, prompting US cattle import ban. This threatens beef supply and could drive prices ...
Myiasis is the official term for a screwworm infestation of living tissue, and it can kill the host creature in one to two weeks if not treated. Thankfully, myiasis is survivable if treated with ...
NCBA’s Woodall says the goal is complete eradication — not just from the U.S., but from Mexico and Central America, ...
A flesh-eating parasite known as New World Screwworm is moving closer and closer to the US border in Texas. The devastating ...
With no U.S. cases yet, AgriLife's upcoming session will highlight crucial screwworm prevention strategies for ranchers.
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 combat the New ...
Commissioners passed a resolution on June 9, encouraging state and national action to prevent the reintroduction of the New ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture last month stopped the movement of cows, horses and bison between Mexico and the U.S.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service announced it will host a webinar Monday afternoon to provide more information to agricultural producers and communities on the New World screwworm, a ...
Texas rancher Donnell Brown joins us to share his concerns over threats of New World Screwworm to the cattle industries in ...