Biosecurity rises to the top, and when it comes to New World screwworm, said Julia Herman, beef cattle specialist ...

Livestock producers and those who are around wildlife need to be aware of the threat posed by the New World screwworm. A ...

(NEXSTAR) – Agricultural inspectors in Florida have stopped a case of the parasitic New World screwworm from entering the U.S., the state’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced at ...

(NEXSTAR) — A devastating parasite that burrows into the flesh of its hosts is inching dangerously close to the United States, the Texas Department of Agriculture warns. The New World screwworm has ...

This is serious!

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The first case of New World screwworm has been reported in the northern Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. Texas Agriculture Secretary Sid Miller on Wednesday said a ...

Federal health officials reported on Monday that cases of a flesh-eating parasitic infection continue to be detected near the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said a New World ...

EDINBURG — The first center for dispersing sterile screwworm flies from U.S. soil in decades has opened in South Texas, part of a larger effort to keep the flesh-eating parasite they spawn from ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — A calf infected with New World screwworm in the Mexican border state of Nuevo León is the closest reported case of the deadly parasite to the U.S. border, Texas ...

(NEXSTAR) – A devastating parasite that burrows into the flesh of its hosts is inching dangerously close to the United States, the Texas Department of Agriculture warns. The New World screwworm has ...