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After reopening in Douglas, U.S.-Mexico border closes to cattle again
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the border closure after Mexico reported a case of a flesh-eating parasite ...
New World screwworm reports halt cattle shipments from Mexico. How much danger do the parasites pose to humans?
The reemergence of the New World screwworm, which poses significant health risks for livestock, has prompted the Department ...
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Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum blasts US screwworm response as ‘exaggerated’
The US has closed its ports of entry to Mexican cattle for fear of the parasitic, flesh-eating worm spreading north.
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Terrifying parasite that eats animals from the inside out pour into US
A terrifying parasite that eats cattle from the inside out is pouring across the US border from Mexico. The parasite spread due to illegal cattle trafficking from Nicaragua to Honduras and ...
US government to build $8.5M fly-breeding facility to combat cattle parasite threat
USDA announces new Texas facility to breed sterile New World screwworm flies as part of an effort to combat the flesh-eating ...
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US takes action against New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite
While the U.S. and Mexico may still be hashing out the tariff situation, the countries are again united on one common enemy: the New World Screwworm.. A parasite, the New World Screwworm, is ...
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A Parasite That Eats Cattle Alive Is Creeping North Toward the US
The finding in Mexico follows the recent reappearance of the parasite in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala. In the face of the reemergence of the parasite, Mexico is intensifying ...
'Man-eating' parasite that was once extinct returns as woman dies in days
The flesh-eating parasite was thought to have been eradicated but has made a gruesome comeback, devouring one woman's lungs ...