A devastating agricultural pest, the New World Screwworm Fly (NWS), has been eradicated in the United States since 1982. Today, it’s marching closer to American borders, and local, state, and national ...
The U.S. government announced plans Wednesday to build an $8.5 million fly-breeding facility near the US-Mexico border as part of an initiative to prevent a flesh-eating parasite from infesting cattle ...
State and federal officials are gearing up to stop the advance of a parasitic fly that is less than 70 miles from the United States border with Mexico. Since Nov. 25, at least 10 new cases of ...
A flesh-eating parasitic fly is invading North and Central America. The consequences could be severe for the cattle industry, but this parasite is not picky – it will infest a wide range of hosts, ...
The nation’s top cattle industry leader sounded the alarm Tuesday that a flesh-eating fly infestation advancing through Mexico remains a dire threat to U.S. ranchers, even as the Trump administration ...
Arizona's agriculture and animal health experts are preparing against potential cases of New World screwworm, a parasitic fly ...
A flesh-eating parasitic fly has spread north through Mexico to within a few hundred miles of the U.S. southern border. The New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) lays its eggs in open wounds ...
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