{"id":322167,"date":"2026-06-04T07:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/322167\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:05:08","slug":"new-world-screwworm-found-in-texas-what-it-means-for-us-beef-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/322167\/","title":{"rendered":"New World Screwworm Found In Texas: What It Means For US, Beef Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New \u200cWorld screwworm, a parasitic fly that eats warm-blooded animals alive, has been found in a calf in Texas<\/a>, the \u200cU.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed on Wednesday, exposing the nation\u2019s cattle industry to a serious new threat.<\/p>\n

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the case was in a three-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, about 50 miles from the Mexico border.<\/p>\n

Texas State Veterinarian Bud Dinges said he has established a 12-mile quarantine zone, prohibiting the movement of any warm-blooded animal\u2014including pets\u2014outside that zone without an inspection.<\/p>\n

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Rollins said there had been no further detections of the fly in the U.S., and officials were quick to say that while the screwworm\u2019s larvae are a threat to livestock production, they do not infest food. When properly treated, even the infested calf should recover, Rollins said.<\/p>\n

U.S. cattle numbers have fallen to their lowest level in decades, contributing to record-high beef prices. If cattle supplies fall further due to a screwworm outbreak, prices could rise even higher.<\/p>\n

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Stock image of an adult New World screwworm.<\/p>\n

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