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Texas just confirmed a 2nd case of flesh-eating screwworm

A flesh-eating worm from the 1960s is re-invading the US Are CA cattle at risk?

Officials recently detected the flesh-eating New World Screwworm in a calf born in Texas. The once-eradicated parasite could tax a beef industry already experiencing increased prices. Will the discovery impact California farms?

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Second flesh-eating screwworm infection reported in cattle in Texas

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Canada bans Texas cattle over flesh-eating screwworm outbreak in US

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Flesh-eating New World screwworm sparks emergency action in Florida after parasite reaches Texas

Florida has enacted emergency rules aimed at keeping the destructive New World screwworm out of the state after the flesh-eating parasite was detected in Texas earlier this week.

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Screwworm Flies and Drought Spell Tougher Times for Cattle Ranchers

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A flesh-eating pest threatens Trump’s beef price hopes

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Second screwworm case in Texas confirmed, as Abbott expands state disaster declaration

USDA deployed mobile response teams and increased surveillance in the area in response to the detection, the post said.

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New World screwworm in Texas: New case detected in Zavala County

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CSU scientists stand ready as second screwworm case confirmed in Texas

Screwworm confirmed in Texas: What to know about the flesh-eating parasite that can infect livestock, pets and, in rare cases, people

U.S. health officials said that parasitic larvae were found in the umbilical area of a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County.

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Once-eradicated flesh-eating parasite confirmed in US. Here's where

This parasitic fly's maggots feed on live flesh, preferring livestock but also infecting humans, and can be fatal. And it's now in the US.

US Screwworm Outbreak Spreads As Canada Bans Texas Cattle

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said a second case in Zavala County was detected on a ranch about 5 miles from the first.

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A flesh-eating screwworm is in the US. How worried should we be?

Wildlife, pets and even people could find themselves occupied by flesh-eating larvae of the New World screwworm fly - but experts say that's not reason to panic.

Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in US

The New World screwworm fly has reached south Texas, the US Department of Agriculture confirmed Wednesday, the first time in decades that the parasite with flesh-eating larvae has threatened the nation’s cattle industry and only the third time it’s appeared in the United States in that time.