Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is concerned that a new factory isn’t expected to start work for more than a year on mitigating the New World screwworm fly infestation in his state

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.

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

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

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

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…

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.

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…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is concerned that a new factory isn’t expected to start work for more than a year on mitigating the New World screwworm fly infestation in his state

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is concerned that a new factory isn’t expected to start work for more than a year on mitigating the New World screwworm fly infestation in his state

While an untreated screwworm infestation can be fatal to an animal, federal and state officials have been quick to emphasize that the larvae, which feed on living tissue, do not…

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The screwworms primarily target animals, posing a threat to Texas’s multibillion-dollar livestock industry.