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USDA Plans Phased Reopening of Mexican Livestock Imports
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The worm sweeper, known scientifically as Hypowerma spp., is a parasite that mainly affects cattle and sheep. Within these animals the larvae develop for several weeks, causing discomfort and economic losses due to reduced production and damage to the skin. That is why in Mexico they have put to work and are fighting against this worm to stop the dangerous plague that the cattle suffer and that it spreads towards the center and north of the Azte…
Mexico City, 3 Jul (EFE).- A total of 32 shipments of cattle with the presence of worm sweepers have been intercepted and returned to their places of origin since the end of November, in order to prevent the spread of the plague towards the center and north of the country, the Government of Mexico said this Thursday. Derivative of the joint work between the secretariats of Agriculture and Rural Development (Agricultura) and the National Defense …
This happened in only six months, during the hardening of the pest fight to continue exports with the US
The U.S. government eradicated the sweeping worms from the southwest in the 1960s, but they're back.
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