Texas played a critical role in eradicating this pest from the United States in the 1960s and will do so again if the need ...

Understanding the New World screwworm blowfly and its behavior underscores why it is so dangerous to the livestock industry.

The US has reinstated its livestock import ban from Mexico after the New World screwworm fly was found further north than ...

By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...

Experts will discuss surveillance, response and the latest news about the New World screwworm during a workshop on July 23 in Uvalde.

A detection of the New World Screwworm closer to the United States will keep the ports closed to livestock from Mexico.

The U.S. has again ceased livestock imports from Mexico related to the presence of the parasitic New World screwworm fly closer to the border.

The map shows the ports of entry affected by the U.S. Agriculture Department’s announcement and the approximate locations of ...

The Santa Teresa livestock crossing was set to open up July 21st after months of closure due to the New World Screwworm, a flesh eating parasite found in Mexico. But after a new case was found in the ...

Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...

The U.S. has shut its southern border to livestock imports again after a flesh-eating parasite was found further north in ...