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Flesh-Eating ‘Screwworm’ Parasites Are Headed to the U.S.
Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped ...
AgWeb6h
New World Screwworm: The Billion Dollar Battle at the Southern Border
As the fight to keep the flesh-eating parasite out of the U.S. intensifies, the economic impact on ranchers and the industry ...
The Fence Post1d
Secretary Rollins announces bold plan to combat new world screwworm
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins Wednesday launched an $8.5 million sterile new world screwworm (NWS) fly ...
High Plains Journal2d
Rollins presses ahead with latest initiative on New World screwworm
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announces aggressive to combat New World screwworm’s northward spread.
AgWeb2d
Rollins Rolls Out 5-Point Plan to Contain New World Screwworm
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announces plans to reopen Moore Air Base in Texas as a New World screwworm sterile ...
What is the New World screwworm? The flesh-eating fly making a comeback
After decades of eradication – the New World screwworm has once again spread through several countries in Central America.
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Ranchers may have to relearn how to fight an old enemy — the New World screwworm
New World screwworms used to be a constant concern for ranchers, until they were eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s. Now ...
KELOLAND.com1d
Veterinarian talks risks of ‘Screwworm’ to livestock
An insect, the New World Screwworm (NWS), is being described as one that could have a “devastating impact on livestock herds ...