A confirmed New World screwworm case in Texas triggers movement restrictions and heightened livestock monitoring

Now that New World screwworm has been confirmed in the United States, what happens next?  Dr. Bud Dinges, the state veterinarian for Texas and executive director of the Texas Animal Health Commission, says a 12-mile radius infested zone has been established around the operation where the lone case of New World screwworm was detected in a three-week-old calf.  “That infested zone, we are not […]

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