Officials have a suspected case of the New World screwworm fly in south Texas, the USDA says
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Officials suspect that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday, marking possibly the first time in decades that it has threatened the nation’s cattle industry and only the third time it’s appeared in the U.S. in that time.
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