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Flesh-Eating Cattle Screwworm Spreads Beyond Texas As USDA Accelerates Eradication Push
Flesh-Eating Cattle Screwworm Spreads Beyond Texas As USDA Accelerates Eradication Push
The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed three more New World screwworm (NWS) cases, bringing total detections to five and heightening concerns that the flesh-eating pest, once eradicated in the 1960s, could threaten the nation's already strained cattle industry.
The latest NWS cases include three calves and a goat in Texas, along with a small dog in Lea County, New Mexico, marking the first confirmed case in that state, according to the USDA. The dog had not traveled to Mexico...
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