This could mean a risk for pets in the Austin-area as the screwworm jumps from host to host, spreading further and faster.
USDA has detected New World screwworm infections in Texas animals, marking the state's first confirmed cases in decades.
Today, the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed NWS in a calf ...
WASHINGTON — A Germantown man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of animal cruelty after his dog was left in a backyard crate and found suffering from maggot-infested wounds. Ronald Vaughan was ...
Symptoms include feeling movement in open wounds or in the nose, mouth or eyes.
The New World screwworm has now been detected in three Texas counties, including a case in a West Texas dog. Is Florida at ...
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is responding to the threat posed by the New World Screwworm — which, ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said a second case in Zavala County was detected on a ranch about 5 miles from the first.
Officials recently detected the flesh-eating New World Screwworm in a calf born in Texas. The once-eradicated parasite could ...