USDA invests $21M to expand Mexico facility in fight against screwworm

Flesh-Eating Parasite Inches Closer To US Border And Wyoming Cattle

To say the New World Screwworm is a nasty parasite would be an understatement. The flesh-eating scourge that tortures cattle as it kills has been making its way toward the United States. Wyoming cattle ranchers are watching closely.

USDA invests $21M to expand Mexico facility in fight against screwworm

USDA will invest $21 million to expand a Mexico facility, aiming to double sterile fly production and strengthen efforts to eradicate the New World screwworm.

In Oaxaca there are no more cases of worm sweepers, according to the head of the Ministry of Food Development and Rural Development (Sefader), Víctor López Leyva . The official said that at the moment there is a single case report, however it has already been controlled. However, he announced that they will be strengthening security measures at the borders between Chiapas and Veracruz because of the issue and preventing it from increasing. He me…

New World Screwworm Partnership Strengthened - Southeast AgNET

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 ongoing effort to combat the new world screwworm was strengthened earlier this week with the announcement of additional funding to re…

USDA expands efforts to combat New World screwworm in Mexico

Legislative Watch: Restrictions on live animal imports remain in place; Supreme Court ruling eases environmental review burden; Congressmen seek to extend feral hog eradication program.

The decision was announced Brooke L. Rollins, who described the project as a key action within a bi-national strategy ARGENIS ESQUIPULAS/PORTAVOZ In an unprecedented joint effort to combat one of the most devastating threats to livestock farming in North America, the United States Government announced an investment of $21 million to modernize and expand a sterile fly production plant in Metapa in Domínguez, Chiapas. This measure seeks to curb th…