US EditionTexas Issues Disaster Declaration over New World Screwworm Threat
Texas mobilizes a $750 million sterile fly program and response team to protect livestock and wildlife from a parasitic fly threatening $600 billion in state agriculture.
- On Thursday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration empowering the Texas New World Screwworm Response Team to use all state resources and directed the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Animal Health Commission to coordinate the response.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported cases in Tamaulipas, Mexico, rose from three on Jan. 8 to 11 on Jan. 15, with a detection a little more than 200 miles away in González, Tamaulipas.
- The parasitic New World screwworm lays eggs in wounds causing myiasis, while Texas and the U.S. Department of Agriculture plan a $750 million facility in Edinburg producing 300 million sterile male flies a week.
- The CDC advised livestock owners and outdoor enthusiasts to report injuries and emphasized seeing medical professionals if larvae are felt, with no U.S. infestations identified as of Jan. 20.
- The potential economic impact includes a $3.6 billion annual loss in the Caribbean and a threat to the more-than-$600 billion U.S. livestock industry, prompting an $850 million plan after 1960s eradication.
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Gov Abbott issues disaster declaration to prevent screwworm fly infestation from spreading into Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration to prevent New World screwworm fly from spreading from Mexico and protect livestock and wildlife.
Mexico City.- Texas declared a state of disaster in all its counties in the face of the risk of spreading cattle-sweeping worm. Through an announcement by Governor Greg Abbott, it was detailed that the measure is presented by the number of cases in Mexico and the risk it represents for state livestock, and not because active cases have already been detected in the region. "Although the New World sweeper fly is not yet present in Texas or the Uni…
Commissioner Miller Responds to Governor Abbott’s Statewide New World Screwworm Disaster Declaration
“I’m glad to see the urgency from the governor’s office matching the seriousness of this threat. The Governor’s disaster declaration gives his task force greater authority, resources, and speed needed to confront the growing threat posed by the New World…
Gov. Abbott Issues Disaster Declaration Over Screwworm Spread
Abbott’s declaration comes after close monitoring by both Texas and the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the northward spread of the parasitic screwworm in Mexico. The post Gov. Abbott Issues Disaster Declaration Over Screwworm Spread appeared first on Texas Scorecard.
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