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AgWeb1d
Breaking News: Mexican Ports to Reopen in Phases for Cattle Trade Starting July 7
Following a New World screwworm assessment by USDA staff in Mexico and ongoing conversations between Secretary Rollins and ...
The Eagle20h
Texas A&M AgriLife announces New World screwworm fact sheet
Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.
Capital Press1mon
USDA closes southern border to imported cattle, bison, horses
The USDA again closed the Mexican border to live cattle, bison and horse imports as the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating maggot, spreads farther north toward the U.S. Agriculture Secretary […] ...
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US suspends Mexican cattle, horse and bison imports over screwworm pest
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday said she is suspending imports of live cattle, horses and bison through the southern U.S. border over the damaging pest New World screwworm, a ...
The US plans to open a fly factory in Texas to fight a flesh-eating parasite
The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to ...
U.S. News & World Report1mon
US Suspends Mexican Cattle, Horse and Bison Imports Over Screwworm Pest - U.S. News & World Report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday said she is suspending imports of live cattle, horses and bison through the southern U.S. border over the damaging pest ...