{"id":324493,"date":"2026-06-05T18:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/324493\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:59:09","slug":"today-gov-abbott-to-provide-update-on-texas-screwworm-response-efforts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/324493\/","title":{"rendered":"TODAY: Gov. Abbott to provide update on Texas screwworm response efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/HHi0tl5DE0k\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/HHi0tl5DE0k\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WATCH IT LIVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Governor Greg Abbott is expected to receive a briefing today in Austin regarding Texas&#8217; ongoing response to a confirmed case of New World screwworm in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The briefing will take place at the State Operations Center and will focus on the state&#8217;s efforts to contain and respond to the livestock pest, which can pose a serious threat to animals and wildlife. State and federal officials are expected to provide updates on monitoring, prevention, and response measures.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/what-to-know-about-screwworm-in-texas-cattle-industry-mexico-border-agriculture-zavala-county-calf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/what-to-know-about-screwworm-in-texas-cattle-industry-mexico-border-agriculture-zavala-county-calf\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What to know about screwworm in Texas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joining Abbott at the briefing will be Texas Animal Health Commission Executive Director Dr. Lewis &#8220;Bud&#8221; Dinges, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Executive Director Dr. David Yoskowitz, and Rear Admiral Michael Schmoyer, director of the New World Screwworm Directorate for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. <\/p>\n<p>RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/instagram\/usda-suspected-case-of-screwworm-in-south-texas-would-be-first-case-in-us-if-confirmed-parasitic-fly-cattle-industry-livestock-agriculture-targets-live-flesh-warm-mammals-larvae-severe-wounds-death\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/instagram\/usda-suspected-case-of-screwworm-in-south-texas-would-be-first-case-in-us-if-confirmed-parasitic-fly-cattle-industry-livestock-agriculture-targets-live-flesh-warm-mammals-larvae-severe-wounds-death\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">First U.S. screwworm case confirmed in South Texas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other elected officials and emergency response personnel are also expected to attend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WATCH IT LIVE AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Governor Greg Abbott is expected to receive a briefing today in Austin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3258,109645,132,134,133,4192,18376,116038,115357,27,5876],"class_list":["post-324493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-abbott","tag-animal-health","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-emergency-response","tag-livestock","tag-parks-wildlife","tag-screwworm","tag-texas","tag-usda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}