How Flesh-Eating Screwworms in Cattle Could Raise U.S. Beef Prices

Unfounded rumors circulating about New World Screwworm in Missouri - Boonville Daily News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Unfounded rumors are circulating regarding New World Screwworm in Missouri. To date, the Missouri Department of Agriculture and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has received no notification of New World Screwworm detection in Missouri. Missouri Department of Agriculture works closely with USDA on animal health issues.

Pest threatens U.S. livestock

To protect the United States from a new threat posed by an old foe – the New World screwworm – the U.S.-Mexico border was closed May 11 to cattle, bison and horses from Mexico. The pest was eradicated in 1966…

Ag Commissioner calls for action on invasive species

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has released a statement backing federal efforts to combat the invasive New World Screwworm using a production facility here in the Lone Star State.

Modeling current and future global distribution of Chrysomya bezziana under changing climate

In the last few years, significant changes in climate have had a disparate effect on biodiversity. The influences of these changes are random and unpredictable. The resurgence of insect pests, especially of medical and veterinary importance, often corresponds with climate changes. The Old World screwworm, Chrysomya bezziana, is one of the most important myiasis-causing flies that parasitize warm-blooded animals in the Eastern Hemisphere. We used…

USDA investing $21M to a facility in Mexico to combat New World Screwworm

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins this week provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ongoing partnership with Mexico to combat the New World Screwworm.