Quarantine in Texas: US races to contain deadly flesh-eating parasite
Following the first confirmation of screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, on a US farm in decades, federal and state officials have fanned out in South Texas, where a calf was found infested this week.
US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday no other infestations of cattle or other animals have been detected around the confirmed case.
The case in La Pryor, Texas, was a blow to US cattle ranchers who have been bracing for a domestic outbreak of New World screwworm as the fly...
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- Flesh-Eating Screwworm Found in Texas Calf, USDA Says Wall Street Journal —
- Flesh-eating screwworm is confirmed in the U.S., officials say CNBC —
- Flesh-Eating Pest Confirmed in U.S. Cattle The New York Times —
- Flesh-eating New World screwworm found in Texas calf, USDA says CBS News —
- ‘Horror’ flesh-eating New World screwworm case detected in Texas: USDA NY Post —