Ein fleischfressender Parasit hat ein Rind in Texas befallen. Bauern und Behörden sind in Alarmstimmung. Es drohen gewaltige Schäden.

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

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…

The United States said on Thursday that the New World screwworm (NWS) fly, a dangerous livestock pest whose flesh-eating larvae can kill cattle, has been detected in a calf in…

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…

Screwworm detected on farm decades after livestock threat was first eradicated in the United States.

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.

US farmers and officials are worried about the arrival of screwworm in Texas after a calf was found with the flesh-eating parasite.

Bei zwei Kälbern in Texas sind fleischfressende Parasiten entdeckt worden, die sich leicht verbreiten. Das Nachbarland Kanada verhängt ein Importverbot für Vieh aus dem…

USDA has identified a second case of the flesh-eating screwworm fly in Texas on Saturday, just days after a first occurrence in a one-year-old calf

Ein fleischfressender Parasit hat ein Rind in Texas befallen. Bauern und Behörden sind in Alarmstimmung. Es drohen gewaltige Schäden.

Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a pest that potentially could devastate the nation’s…

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The number of animals infested with a parasitic fly whose larvae feast on living flesh has risen to five, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

Five cases of the New World screwworm parasite have been found in Texas and New Mexico.

The flesh-eating New World screwworm fly was found in Texas last week for the first time since 1966.