Flesh-eating New World screwworm detected in Texas calf, USDA says, signaling major threat to food production
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — A case of flesh-eating New World screwworm has been detected in South Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. It is the first time this parasitic fly – whose larvae feed exclusively on the tissue of warm-blooded animals – has been detected in U.S.
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by Berenice Garcia, The Texas TribuneJune 3, 2026 McALLEN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a suspected case of New World screwworm — the parasitic fly poised to harm the state’s $15 billion cattle industry — in South Texas.
A flesh-eating New World screwworm was recently detected in Mexico just 25 miles from the United States border, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the detection of a New World screwworm (NWS) late Wednesday in a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas. NWS is a serious pest that affects...
The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century. An infestation from its flesh-eating larvae has been confirmed in south Texas in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, about 100 miles southwest of San Antonio.
LA PRYOR — A flesh-eating livestock pest eradicated from the United States six decades ago has resurfaced in Texas, prompting state and federal officials to launch containment efforts while reigniting […]
USDA confirms the first U.S. case of the destructive New World screwworm in a Texas calf, triggering emergency quarantines and political clash over containment.
The New World screwworm fly has been detected in Texas for the first time in decades, with the flesh-eating larvae threatening the nation's cattle industry.
Officials suspect that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday, marking possibly the
The New World screwworm fly has reached south Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Wednesday, the first time in decades that the parasite with flesh-eating larvae has threatened the
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the detection of New World Screwworm larvae in a calf less than 50 miles inland from the Texas-Mexico border.
State and federal officials are racing to contain the New World screwworm after the flesh-eating pest was detected in a Texas calf — the first US cattle case since the parasite was eradicated nationwide decades ago.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A case of flesh-eating New World screwworm has been detected in South Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. It is the first time this parasitic fly – whose larvae feed exclusively on the tissue of warm-blooded animals – has been detected in U.S.
A case of New World screwworm has been found in a calf in Texas. The flesh-eating fly, which was eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s, poses a major threat to the cattle industry.
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