Texas Responds to Second Screwworm Case as USDA Scales Up Containment Efforts
Statewide Emergency Response Initiated The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a second case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm in Texas this week, prompting Governor Greg Abbott to issue a disaster declaration. Following the initial discovery of the parasite in a one-year-old calf, federal and state agencies have mobilized an aggressive containment strategy…