{"id":333707,"date":"2026-06-12T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/333707\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:50:08","slug":"new-world-screwworm-cases-climb-to-nine-in-u-s-with-two-more-confirmed-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/333707\/","title":{"rendered":"New World Screwworm cases climb to nine in U.S. with two more confirmed in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas  \u2014 Federal officials confirmed two additional New World screwworm cases in Texas Thursday, bringing the state&#8217;s total to eight and the nationwide count to nine, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/animals\/animal-health\/livestock-and-poultry-disease\/current-status\/us-confirmed-cases-new-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The newly confirmed cases involve a goat in Edwards County and cattle in Zavala County, according to USDA data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/new-world-screwworm-case-confirmed-in-texas-bringing-total-of-cases-in-the-us-to-six\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE | New World Screwworm case confirmed in Texas, bringing total of cases in the U.S. to six<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Texas now accounts for eight of the nine confirmed U.S. cases:<\/p>\n<p>June 11, 2026 \u2014 Edwards County, Texas: goatJune 11, 2026 \u2014 Zavala County, Texas: cattleJune 9, 2026 \u2014 Edwards County, Texas: cattleJune 8, 2026 \u2014 Gillespie County, Texas: goatJune 8, 2026 \u2014 La Salle County, Texas: cattleJune 7, 2026 \u2014 Lea County, New Mexico: dogJune 7, 2026 \u2014 La Salle County, Texas: cattleJune 5, 2026 \u2014 Zavala County, Texas: cattleJune 3, 2026 \u2014 Zavala County, Texas: cattle<\/p>\n<p>USDA APHIS said it continues to work closely with the Texas Animal Health Commission on surveillance, reporting and control efforts. All nine cases reported nationwide involve domestic animals; no cases have been confirmed in wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>New World screwworm is a parasitic fly whose larvae burrow into the living flesh of warm-blooded animals, causing severe tissue damage and potential death. The USDA has released more than 130 million sterile male flies in Texas since January in an effort to break the pest&#8217;s reproductive cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Officials urge livestock and <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/how-to-protect-your-pet-from-new-world-screwworm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pet owners<\/a> to watch animals for draining wounds, maggots, signs of discomfort and lesions near body openings. Suspected cases should be reported immediately to a veterinarian or USDA. The U.S. food supply is not at risk.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/screwworm.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">screwworm.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Federal officials confirmed two additional New World screwworm cases in Texas Thursday, bringing the state&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-333707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333707","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=333707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}