In 2025, the United States faced a series of reminders that the security of our food supply depends on public health systems that are largely invisible to the general population. Poultry and dairy ...
As the threat of New World screwworm draws concern in Texas, two Texas A&M AgriLife experts are applying firsthand experience from a previous screwworm outbreak in Florida to guide the state’s ...
If you started ranching within the last five decades, it’s unlikely that you’ve seen a case of New World screwworm because the deadly parasite was largely eradicated from the United States in 1966 and ...
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The New World screwworm is a growing concern for the Texas agriculture industry as the flesh-eating parasite makes its way north through Mexico. Governor Greg Abbott announced ...
New World screwworm larva close up, and the mouth hooks they use to eat living flesh. The last time the New World screwworm invaded the U.S., it devastated livestock and required a decades-long ...
Multiple departments in the Trump administration are working to combat the proliferation of a flesh-eating parasite quickly spreading northward through Central America and threatening the United ...
The USDA shutdown of live cattle imports over New World screwworm concerns is cited in the decision to close Lubbock Feeders ...