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USDA Secretary announces large federal investment, new South Texas facility to combat New World screwworm

Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins at the Texas Capitol where Rollins announced the ...
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U.S. will build sterile fly factory in Texas to stop screwworm from devastating livestock industry

Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who typically patrol the southern border to protect cattle from fever tick, ...
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USDA announces plan to protect U.S. from New World Screwworm

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today at the Texas State Capitol alongside Governor Greg Abbott and ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces plans to address screwworm threat

On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins publicly addressed “plans to fight ...

Avian Flu Wiped Out Poultry. Now the Screwworm Is Coming for Beef.

The parasitic fly that attacks warm-blooded animals was eliminated from the United States in the 1960s, but it’s creeping ...

USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworms

Aug 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a facility in Texas that ...

Officials turn to unexpected canine helpers in battle against flesh-eating pest: 'Adapt as much as possible'

Since 2023, Central America and Mexico have been experiencing an exponential increase in New World screwworm cases, jumping, ...
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CBP El Paso warns about New World screwworm threat

U.S. Customs and Border Protection El Paso sector is warning about the threat of the New World Screwworm to the regional ...