Ranchers in Mexico are struggling against a flesh-eating parasite infecting livestock
Headline from Delaware Public Media
In the southern state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala, the New World screwworm fly's rapid spread appears to have caught most ranchers off guard, despite memories of previous outbreaks in the 1980s and 1990s.
Delaware Public Media's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.
In the southern state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala, the New World screwworm fly's rapid spread appears to have caught most ranchers off guard, despite memories of previous outbreaks in the 1980s and 1990s.
With Mexican cattle again barred this month from entry to the US over fears of spreading a flesh-eating parasite, ranchers and veterinarians in Mexico hundreds of miles from the border are fighting what has U.S. agricultural authorities so on edge.
