Mexican cattle imports restart in Arizona as screwworm cases decline
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The U.S. livestock port in Douglas, Arizona, became the first along the Southwest border to reopen to Mexican cattle on Monday, but the threat of New World screwworm still remains elsewhere and that means restrictions are still in place.
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The U.S. livestock port in Douglas, Arizona, became the first along the Southwest border to reopen to Mexican cattle on Monday, but the threat of New World screwworm still remains elsewhere and that means restrictions are still in place.
The U.S. livestock port in Douglas, Arizona, became the first along the Southwest border to reopen to Mexican cattle on Monday, but the threat of New World screwworm still remains elsewhere and that means restrictions are still in place.
MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON — Mexico is bolstering its screwworm containment campaign in northern border states where recent cases have been detected, heightening scrutiny of livestock exports as cross-border trade resumed on Monday under a phased U.S. reopening.
Texas agriculture officials are imposing stricter movement requirements on certain Mexican-origin cattle entering the state as New World Screwworm continues to spread in Mexico. Texas enforces new cattle import rules The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) issued an emergency order on Monday requi…
As the federal government begins a phased reopening of the southern border to cattle imports from Mexico, federal and state officials are training veterinarians, livestock workers and producers to identify and contain New World screwworm before the parasite can spread.
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