Texas agriculture secretary calls for FDA approval for medicated livestock feed amid NWS outbreak

Crockett County leads Texas in NWS detections after additional cases

Crockett County now leads Texas and the United States in confirmed New World screwworm detections by county after two additional cases were reported.

Texas agriculture secretary calls for FDA approval for medicated livestock feed amid NWS outbreak

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The Texas Department of Agriculture Secretary Sid Miller is asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to allow ivermectin in medicated livestock feed amid a New World screwworm outbreak. Ivermectin can treat some infections caused by parasitic worms. As of Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported 29 NWS cases in the U.S. -- all in Texas and New Mexico. Nine of those are inactive. Secretary Miller said th…

Texas seeks FDA approval for feed-based ivermectin

In February, the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization for Ivomec injectable solution against New World screwworm.