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More than a month after the U.S. border was closed to exports of Mexican cattle, Julio Berdegué, head of Agriculture and Rural Development, reported that experts from the neighboring country arrived yesterday to verify the results and components of the strategy to combat the worm sweeper; the cases in progress have been reduced to 281 until the 11th of the current month.
US Secretary of Agriculture Addresses New World Screwworm in House Ag Committee Hearing
New World screwworm (NWS, Cochliomyia hominivorax) is a devastating pest. When NWS fly larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of a living animal, they cause serious, often deadly damage to the animal. NWS can infest livestock, pets, wildlife, occasionally birds, and in rare cases, people.Courtesy of USDA/APHIS The US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins addressed the seriousness of the potential devastating impacts of the New World Screwworm …
With the detection of a new case in the municipality of Valladolid, there are already eight confirmed contagions of sweeping worms in Yucatán, reported the Regional Livestock Union of the Eastern State (UGROY).This finding marks the first time that the disease occurs in the eastern zone, since until now it had only been registered in the south of the entity.Despite this, the president of the UGROY, Mario Esteban López Meneses, asked to keep calm…
On this day, experts from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) arrived in Mexico to verify the results and components of the Mexican strategy to combat the cattle sweeper worm. The announcement was made via social network X (formerly Twitter) by the Secretary of Agriculture, Julio Berdegué, who indicated that the Mexican authorities will accompany specialists in their inspection and evaluation activities. Binational cooperation "To…
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) continues the campaign of prevention and eradication of the worm sweeper nationwide. To this end, it has issued a 35-day coverage plan, said the vice minister of the institution, Óscar Dominguez. The official called on those who own animals and asked them to heal the wounds of [...] The post Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock continues to fight the worm sweeper appeared first on Diario Digital C…
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