Texas screwworm cases don’t risk food supply, Brooke Rollins says
The U.S. food supply is “not at risk” from the return of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite to Texas,…
Public Health Workers Issue Grim Warning About Flesh-Eating Parasite After Texas Town Is Quarantined
A deadly flesh-eating parasite that creates festering sores by gruesomely burrowing into its prey’s skin has been detected…
New World Screwworm Hits Texas During Fawning Season. Wildlife Officials Are Worried
As an outbreak of New World screwworm continues to plague ranchers, with 12 cases confirmed in domestic animals…
Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas
Dyed fly pupae are seen as a sterile fly dispersal station is placed by the U.S. Department of…
Rollins calls Texas ag chief ‘unserious’ amid screwworm threat
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, center, poses for a photo with Oklahoma Agriculture Secretary Blayne Arthur,…
Texas launches ‘war’ on screwworm: What to know about the deadly pest
Texas and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are waging war against the New World Screwworm as detections of…
Ames USDA team helps Texas tackle screwworm outbreak
SNAPCHAT ACCOUNT. HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE IS SET FOR JUNE 18TH. A TEAM FROM THE USDA LAB IN AMES…
USDA finds new cases of a flesh-eating cattle parasite called screwworm
Three more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside the main cluster in…
Texas governor wants to speed up work on a fly-breeding factory to fight a cattle parasite
An official with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension works at the State Operations Center during Texas’ response to the…
UPDATE: Gov. Abbott pledges state resources to respond to South Texas screwworm infestation
Updated 4:05 p.m. June 5 State and federal officials are escalating their response to a New World screwworm…
UPDATE: Gov. Abbott pledges state resources to respond to South Texas screwworm infestation; second case reported
Updated 7:25 p.m. June 5 A second case of New World screwworm has been confirmed in South Texas,…
Texas governor wants to speed up work on fly factory to fight pest
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed concern Friday that a new factory isn’t expected to start breeding sterile New…