In de Amerikaanse staat Texas zijn larven van de schroefwormvlieg gevonden in een kalfje. De vleesetende parasiet was eerder uitgeroeid in het land. De VS heeft miljoenen dollars uitgetrokken om het insect tegen te gaan.

If confirmed, it would be the fly's first breach of the US-Mexico border.

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 confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas

The USDA said the only animal affected was a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, after larvae were identified in its umbilical area.

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.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the case was in a 3-week-old calf in LaPryor, Texas, about 50 miles from the Mexico border

The flesh-eating larvae has threatened the nation's cattle industry

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.

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…

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…

De parasiet rukt al jaren op vanuit Zuid-Amerika, maar is nu voor het eerst in jaren weer vastgesteld in Texas. Daar werd al ingezet op bestrijding.

A parasitic fly whose larvae feasts on living flesh has been confirmed in cattle in south Texas, years after it was deemed eradicated in the country.

Texas State Veterinarian Bud Dinges said he has established a 12-mile quarantine zone near the Mexico border.

This was the first case of the parasite found in U.S. livestock since the 1960s

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…

AP – The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion US cattle industry for the first time in 60 years, with an infestation from its flesh-eating larvae confirmed in…

In de Amerikaanse staat Texas zijn larven van de schroefwormvlieg gevonden in een kalfje. De vleesetende parasiet was eerder uitgeroeid in het land. De VS heeft miljoenen dollars…

One infected calf has the $113 billion cattle industry reaching for syringes — and the USDA dropping 4 million sterile flies a week to win a mating war.