Erstmals seit 1966 hat die Neuwelt-Schraubenwurmfliege nachweislich ein Kalb in den USA befallen. Das Insekt legt seine Eier in offene Wunden von Tieren, in seltenen Fällen auch von Menschen.

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

A case of flesh-eating New World screwworm has been detected in South Texas, the US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. It is the first time this parasitic fly – whose…