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.
- Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott declared a statewide disaster in Texas as infestations near the border threaten livestock and wildlife, directing TPWD and TAHC to form the Texas New World Screwworm Response Team.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported cases in Tamaulipas, Mexico, rose from 3 on Jan. 8 to 11 on Jan. 15, signaling spread near Texas.
- Abbott announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Brooke Rollins, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, to create a $750 million Domestic Sterile New World Screwworm Production Facility in Edinburg producing 300 million sterile male flies a week, following an $850 million plan announced previously.
- Officials caution ranchers and livestock owners to report unusual injuries and keep wounds clean, as federal agencies report no infestations linked to the outbreak in the U.S. as of Jan. 20.
- The regional economic record shows that the 1960s eradication was successful, but Abbott said the fly's northward spread from Mexico poses a serious threat to Texas' livestock industry and wildlife.
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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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