This could mean a risk for pets in the Austin-area as the screwworm jumps from host to host, spreading further and faster.
WASHINGTON — A Germantown man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of animal cruelty after his dog was left in a backyard crate and found suffering from maggot-infested wounds. Ronald Vaughan was ...
Today, the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed NWS in a calf ...
The New World screwworm has now been detected in three Texas counties, including a case in a West Texas dog. Is Florida at ...
Symptoms include feeling movement in open wounds or in the nose, mouth or eyes.
Officials recently detected the flesh-eating New World Screwworm in a calf born in Texas. The once-eradicated parasite could ...
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is responding to the threat posed by the New World Screwworm — which, ...
A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon. The New World Screwworm has rapidly spread northward from Panama since 2023 and ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said a second case in Zavala County was detected on a ranch about 5 miles from the first.