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USDA Secretary Rollins calls Texas ag chief 'unserious' amid screwworm threat
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Monday called Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller "unserious" after he criticized the USDA's response to the growing threat from the flesh-eating New World Screwworm. Miller, who lost the March Republican primary in a bid for a fourth term despite winning President Donald Trump's endorsement, has repeatedly slammed the USDA's response after the parasitic pest was detected in Texas last week. He has argued that the federal department acted too...
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...
Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years, threatening cattle herd
A flesh-eating parasite that had been kept out of U.S. livestock for decades has been detected in Texas, threatening the nation’s cattle industry and food supply at a time when prices are already high. The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday. The parasitic fly’s larvae feed exclusively on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
The Screwworm Is Messing With America’s Beef
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. The first thing you should know about the New World screwworm is that it isn’t actually a worm; it’s a fly. At the larva stage, it twists into the flesh of its host, devouring it from within.