{"id":479986,"date":"2026-10-29T03:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/479986\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T03:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:36:11","slug":"new-world-screwworm-case-detected-in-el-paso-county-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/479986\/","title":{"rendered":"New World screwworm case detected in El Paso County dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A new case of New World screwworm has been detected in a dog in El Paso County, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement to KFOX14\/CBS4, State Rep. Mary E. Gonz\u00e1lez said the case was identified in a dog in Socorro, warning that the parasite can affect animals beyond livestock and urging people to check their pets closely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy office has been in communication with the appropriate state agencies and will continue to keep monitoring the situation. The New World Screwworm affects animals beyond livestock, so be sure to check on your pets and monitor them closely. It is important that members of our community stay vigilant and go to their veterinarians if they believe their animal may have been impacted,&#8221; Gonz\u00e1lez said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>According to health officials, anyone who observes signs of screwworm in an animal should avoid handling or moving the animal and immediately contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/tdem.texas.gov\/disasters\/new-world-screwworm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM)<\/a>. Anyone who suspects an infestation in a person should seek prompt medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>Officials also urged people to watch for wounds, in both animals and people, that either don&#8217;t heal or become progressively worse, maggots in wounds or other body openings, foul-smelling discharge from wounds, and unusual irritation, discomfort or signs of pain around an injury.<\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s office said it will continue monitoring the situation and updating the community. <\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"New World screwworm case detected in El Paso County dog (Credit: USDA)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"363\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/d6b88b28-14cc-4516-9552-4c785d3f8625-958f51fb4f1e45108e73f59324cf5bb5.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>New World screwworm case detected in El Paso County dog (Credit: USDA)<\/p>\n<p>The new case in El Paso County comes after two other cases of New World screwworm were confirmed in Do\u00f1a Ana County, including one found in a sheep on the New Mexico State University campus in Las Cruces.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials, the second case was confirmed in a cow at an off-campus location.<\/p>\n<p>In response to those two new cases, New Mexico animal health officials are expanding surveillance and fly-trapping efforts in Do\u00f1a Ana County,  including the NMSU campus, to look for additional cases and determine whether the pest has spread beyond the two animals.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/dona-ana-county-steps-up-screwworm-surveillance-after-2-new-cases-one-on-nmsu-campus?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Do\u00f1a Ana County steps up screwworm surveillance after 2 new cases; one on NMSU campus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A new case of New World screwworm has been detected in a dog&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-479986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479986","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=479986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}