Two more Texas screwworm infections found in animals far apart, USDA says
The USDA said the new cases were found in a calf and a dog, bringing the total confirmed Texas cases to four.
- On Monday, the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed two more New World Screwworm cases in a calf in La Salle County and a dog in Andrews County, bringing the total to four.
- Absent since the 1960s, the New World Screwworm lays eggs in open wounds of warm-blooded animals, with early reports indicating the infested dog was recently in Mexico.
- The USDA is dropping around 10 million sterile flies weekly to eradicate the pest, investing over a billion dollars to "beat this back" as done about 50 years ago.
- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins dismissed criticism from Commissioner Sid Miller regarding the agency's response as "disturbing and disruptive," asserting the administration is moving at "Trump speed."
- The USDA plans to increase sterile fly production at new plants while Rollins assured the public the food supply is "not at risk" from the parasite.
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A flesh-eating cattle parasite is spreading in Texas as new far-flung screwworm cases are found
Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed hundreds of miles apart in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a pest that could potentially devastate the nation's cattle industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday.
What to know about flesh-eating screwworm and its reappearance in US
The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than half a century, as officials race to eradicate a flesh-eating parasite not seen in Texas since 1966. Two new cases were found in a calf and a dog hundreds of miles apart, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. That brings the state's total to four. Texas is home to $17 billion worth of the nation’s cattle, making it the …
Two more cases of carnivorous worms have been confirmed in Texas, geographically very separated, the US Department of Agriculture announced today, which indicates the difficulties in suppressing the spread of a scourge that could decimate the national livestock and was previously detected in two animals.
Livid backlash as MAGA officials blame Biden for screwworm: 'Did he build a time machine?'
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) sparked widespread mockery Monday after both appeared on Newsmax to blame former President Joe Biden for the screwworm emergency now threatening Texas cattle — despite the Trump administration's own cuts to the very monitoring progr...
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