Texas Battles Screwworm Outbreak, Canada Bans Cattle Imports
Texas is responding to a screwworm outbreak, the first in the U.S. since the 1960s, with a second case confirmed and efforts to speed up a fly-breeding factory to combat the parasite. In response, Canada has implemented a temporary ban on livestock imports from Texas to prevent the spread of the flesh-eating screwworm.
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Canada bans Texas cattle over flesh-eating screwworm outbreak in US
The ban came as a second infected calf was identified in Texas, and the US state declaring a state of disaster over the outbreak.
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Read full article →First U.S. Screwworm Case Since 1960s Prompts Texas Emergency Response
After a screwworm infestation was confirmed in a South Texas calf, officials launched an aggressive effort to prevent the parasite from spreading in the nation’s largest cattle-producing state.
By Edgar Sandoval
Read full article →CFIA announces temporary ban of Texas livestock to prevent spread of screwworm
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Friday that it would temporarily restrict livestock from entering Canada from affected parts of the United States, after screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, was confirmed on a farm in Texas.
Read full article →Texas governor wants to speed up work on a fly-breeding factory to fight a cattle parasite
Read full article →Screwworm parasite arrives at the US border, with new cases in Coahuila and Texas
The flesh-eating parasite has now been confirmed from southern Mexico all the way to Texas, with human cases reported in multiple Mexican states. The post Screwworm parasite arrives at the US border, with new cases in Coahuila and Texas appeared first on Mexico News Daily
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