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The facility will have the capacity to produce 300 million sterile screwworm flies per week, tripling the current capacity to ...
The USDA invests $750 million in a facility in Edinburg, Texas, to combat the New World screwworm, protecting U.S. livestock ...
Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins at the Texas Capitol where Rollins announced the ...
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced an aggressive initiative to combat the New World Screwworm ...
On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins publicly addressed “plans to fight back against threats posed by the New World screwworm.” ...
Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who patrol border to protect cattle from fever tick, will also serve as defense against screwworm.
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Midland Reporter-Telegram on MSNUSDA unveils major plan to fight New World screwworm with Tick Riders, detector dogs, Texas facility
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced Friday what she calls one of the largest initiatives to combat the New World screwworm. The announcement comes after USDA officials issued a ...
Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins held a joint news conference Friday to announce new ...
It was, in part, to keep the New World Screwworm from entering the U.S. It’s a tiny parasitic fly but it could have ...
With the presence of a deadly, flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. growing greater by the day, federal and Texas officials are ...
The United States Animal Health Association will host a timely and critical new world screwworm symposium Sept. 24-25, 2025, ...
The New World Screwworm has sharp mouth hooks, allowing them to burrow deep into an animal's flesh. New World Screwworms can infest livestock, pets, wildlife, birds and in rare cases, people.
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