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First US screwworm case in 60 years: Should America be worried?
First US screwworm case in 60 years: Should America be worried? The US Department of Agriculture says New World screwworm has been detected in a Texas calf. The New World screwworm, a flesh‑eating parasite which infects cattle and other warm‑blooded animals, has been found in a calf in Texas, the US Department of Agriculture announced on Wednesday.
U.S. confirms second Texas screwworm case, Canada restricts livestock imports
The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed a second case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, in Texas. The latest detection was found in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, roughly 5.6 miles from the first confirmed case announced earlier this month, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Friday. Additional samples collected from the surrounding area have tested negative so far.
Food supply 'not at risk' after new Texas screwworm cases, USDA secretary says
The U.S. food supply is "not at risk" from the return of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite to Texas, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Monday. "This is not a virus, it's not a disease, it's just a little pest, a larva that lands in a calf's wound, for example, and it can be treated," Rollins said in an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box." "We have boots on the ground … we'll be able to beat this back, but we're going to do everything we can, investing over a...
As Screwworm Cases Mount, U.S. Officials Ramp Up Response
The New World screwworm fly. It lays eggs in the open wounds or orifices of warm-blooded animals; the resulting larvae burrow into and expand the wound, consuming the animal’s tissue.
As Screwworm Cases Mount, U.S. Officials Ramp Up Response
The New World screwworm fly. It lays eggs in the open wounds or orifices of warm-blooded animals; the resulting larvae burrow into and expand the wound, consuming the animal’s tissue.
USDA Confirms Second US Screwworm Case in Texas
A poster with information on the New World screwworm displayed at a news conference in Austin, Texas, on June 5. Joel Angel Juarez/Getty Images
First U.S. Screwworm Case Since 1960s Prompts Texas Emergency Response
Officials are dispersing millions of sterile screwworm flies in the vicinity of where the infected calf was found.
Confirmed screwworm case in Texas sends two biotech stocks higher
A flesh-eating parasite known as New World screwworm has been found in livestock in Texas, and traders are buzzing over potential winners in the stock market. Shares of Zoetis and Elanco Animal Health popped in Thursday's trading, and typically dormant options markets on the stocks woke up with a heavy bullish bias. Zoetis was last higher by nearly 4%, and Elanco was up 2% in midday trading.
USDA Says New World Screwworm Case May Have Been Detected in US
A farmer surveys his field of cattle in Quemado, Texas.
US confirms three new cases of flesh-eating screwworm in livestock
Department of Agriculture says new cases in Texas and New Mexico as officials move to combat parasite’s spreadThe US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday confirmed three additional cases of New World screwworm – two more in Texas and the other in New Mexico, according to the agency’s animal health arm. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said the two Texas cases affected a calf in La Salle county and a goat in Gillespie county.