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A flesh-eating parasite long considered eradicated from the United States has reemerged in South Texas, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warned Sunday, noting that ranchers face a "really scary time" as officials work to contain the outbreak. "We've got eyes on the cattle in South Texas. Once we spot it, we can solve for it, which is why it's so important to report this," Rollins told "The Big Weekend Show.
Not to Alarm Anyone, but Flesh-Eating Screwworms Have Entered the US
A case of New World screwworm has been confirmed in South Texas, the US Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday night. It marks the first detected breach of the US-Mexico border by the ravenous flesh-eating flies, which have been making their way up through Central America for the past several years. In a social media post on Wednesday afternoon, the USDA revealed that a sample from Texas had been sent to the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa, for...
The U.S. fought the flesh-eating screwworm for decades. Now it must begin again.
The United States spent more than half a century and hundreds of millions of dollars driving the flesh-eating New World screwworm as far from its borders as possible. The species can eat the tissue of any warm-blooded animal, but it’s a particular threat to livestock and is often fatal for cattle. Some environmentally minded bioethicists have openly debated whether it would be moral to deliberately drive the screwworm into extinction.
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.
The US Has a Plan to Combat Screwworm. It Involves a Lot More Flies
A flesh-eating parasitic fly that poses a major threat to livestock has returned to the United States after 60 years. This week, the US Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of New World screwworm in a calf in southern Texas. Eliminated in the US in 1966 and as far south as Panama by 2006, its recent reemergence in Mexico made it likely that the screwworm would eventually enter the country again, with modeling showing that it could arrive as soon as summer 2025.