The New World screwworm (NWS) isn’t currently present in Canada, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is working to keep it that way. At the start of June, CFIA announced that it was implementing a temporary import restriction on livestock from parts of the US after an NWS was found in a calf in Texas. As of time of publication, additional infestations have been found in other parts of Texas and in New Mexico. The NWS is a parasitic fl…
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