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response level – therefore deploying more resources – to combat the spread of New World screwworm. New World screwworm is a serious pest that can infest any warm-blooded animal, including livestock, pets, wildlife, and, in rare
New World Screwworm (NWS) has been advancing across Mexico for the past year and has now been found in a calf in Texas, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Wednesday evening. Efforts
New World Screwworm focuses on deploying hundreds of millions of genetically-altered sterile flies. Experts, though, say the supply of sterile flies is too low to immediately impact and halt the growing screwworm population. Other