The pest was largely eradicated in the United States in the 1960s.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that it suspects that the the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that it suspects that the the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas.

A case was confirmed in a calf in La Pryor, Texas, a town about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of the US-Mexico border - a blow to US cattle ranchers.

The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday.

The pest was largely eradicated in the United States in the 1960s.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said USDA officials detected a screwworm on a three-week-old calf in Texas, near the Mexican border.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins confirmed the detection of New World screwworm in Texas.

The US Department of Agriculture says New World screwworm has been detected in a Texas calf.

The USDA confirmed the first New World screwworm case in the U.S. in decades on Wednesday night, in a 3-week-old calf in South Texas's Zavala County.

" ... 3-week-old bovine in Zavala County, Texas."

This marks the first case of the New World screwworm in U.S. livestock since the parasite was eliminated in the country in the 1960s

The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said there have been no other detections of the fly in the U.S., and officials were quick to say that while the fly’s larvae are a threat to…

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The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century, with an infestation from its flesh-eating larvae…

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