Flesh-Eating Screwworm Found in Texas Calf as Ranchers Brace for Possible Spread

Flesh-eating screwworm found in Texas calf as ranchers brace for possible spread – Democratic Accent

The New World Screwworm (NWS) – a parasitic fly that eats the flesh of livestock and other warm-blooded animals – has arrived in South Texas. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed on June 3 that NWS larvae had been identified in a three-week-old calf’s umbilical area in Zavala County, Texas. As of June 11, federal officials had confirmed six total cases, Fox7 Austin report…

Flesh-eating screwworm found in Texas calf as ranchers brace for possible spread

Flesh-eating screwworms confirmed in South Texas as USDA deploys strike team and sterile flies while ranchers brace for possible agricultural disaster.

Texas' First Screwworm-Infected Calf Fully Recovers

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, is traveling across Texas to highlight progress in the battle against the New World Screwworm. Rollins visited the Zavala County Ranch where the first case of the flesh-eating parasite was discovered and highlighted the full recovery of case one after nine days of treatment. The post Texas’ First Screwworm-Infected Calf Fully Recovers appeared first on Breitbart.

Screwworms arrive in Texas

Confirmation of nation’s first case of New World screwworm came Wednesday when animal health officials detected suspect lesions on the umbilical cord of a young calf in Zavala County, just west of Uvalde.