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screwworm arrives in US with first case detected in Texas cattle A flesh-eating parasite
Texas economy $1.8bn in losses. Here is why the first confirmed case in six decades is so concerning. ## What is screwworm
case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was confirmed in Texas by the USDA on Friday, emerging just miles from where [he first
Texas case was the only one so far, and the first confirmed detection in the state since 1966. In August 2025, federal health officials confirmed a case [in a Maryland resident](https://apnews.com/article/new-world-screwworm-flesh-eating-parasite-1a3f3f4165e1c4a86fac5c9df9c9f987)
first case in 60 years was detected in a three-week-old calf, with the larvae found in its umbilical area. The discovery was made in the town of La Pryor, Texas, about 30 miles