US EditionThe US plans to open a fly factory in Texas as part of its fight against a flesh-eating parasite
- The U.S. government plans to open a fly factory in Texas by the end of the year to breed sterile New World screwworm flies to protect cattle from a flesh-eating parasite.
- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins stated that these flies will mate with females to prevent them from laying eggs in cattle wounds.
- Texas officials expressed gratitude for the U.S. plans to combat the screwworm threat, which has led to live cattle imports from Mexico being suspended.
- Mexican Agriculture Secretary Julio Berdegué called Rollins’ plan a 'positive step' for U.S.-Mexico cooperation against the threat.
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US to Open Fly Production Facility for Combating Mexican New World Screwworms
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins launched a facility in South Texas on Wednesday that will release millions of sterile flies to fight the threat of flesh-eating parasites that are infecting cattle in Mexico and could reach the U.S. border soon, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in a June 18 statement. The parasite, New World screwworm (NWS), is a “devastating pest that causes serious and often deadly damage to livestock, wildli…
Facility in Hidalgo County will help combat screwworm outbreak in Mexico, USDA says
By Santiago Caicedo Click here for updates on this story HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas (KRGV) — Several state officials gathered in Edinburg to announce a plan to prevent the screwworm outbreak in Mexico from reaching the country. During a news conference, Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced an $8.5 million initiative to establish a New World screwworm sterile fly facility at the Moor…
A sterile fly scattering plant from the sweeper worm will be built in South Texas, with an investment of $8.5 million and delivered within six months, announced Brooke Rollins, head of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Additionally, the US authorities assess the possibility of later expanding that facility at Moore Air Base in Hidalgo County, to add a plant that produces 300 million sterile insects per week, which today only occur in Pana…
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