The latest case was confirmed in a dog in Brewster County as New World screwworm cases in the U.S. climbed to 53. Three ...

Researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have discovered that mating changes the chemical ...

New World screwworm, a fly whose larvae eat living tissue, is turning up in American livestock and pets again. USDA confirmed ...

These larvae tunnel into healthy flesh, which can enlarge wounds and lead to infection.

The US Department of Agriculture has caught its first wild screwworm fly since the parasite was detected in the country’s livestock nearly four months ago, signaling the potential for continued spread ...

The first U.S. equine case of New World screwworm this century has been confirmed in a working ranch horse in Presidio County, Texas. The post Texas ranch horse becomes first U.S. equine screwworm ...

Two New World screwworm cases in dogs are among more than 30 confirmed instances in Texas and New Mexico, prompting warnings Wednesday from veterinarians and humane societies that pet owners need to ...

The value of basic science in insect biology is no more evident than when a crisis arises involving a devastating insect pest like the New World screwworm, says University of Illinois entomology ...

Federal officials still plan on reopening the Santa Teresa livestock crossing on Thursday despite a second confirmed New World screwworm case in New Mexico, state agriculture officials told Border ...

New Mexico state officials confirmed the second case of New World screwworm in a horse on Thursday in Grant County. State ...

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The largest international livestock crossing on the Texas/New Mexico border opens after being shut down for more than a year because of the flesh-eating New World Screwworm fly.