New World screwworm was largely eradicated from the U.S. and Central America in the 1960s and 1980s, respectively. But the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture late on Friday walked back comments that it could resume imports of Mexican cattle before ...

NCBA is always on the clock to protect the U.S. cattle industry from threats like New World screwworm. Through your vigilance ...

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it doesn’t expect to reopen the southern border to cattle imports until at least ...

Health officials in Mexico alerted the US about a recent infestation of New World screwworm in a cow from Chiapas during an inspection near the Guatemala border. Screwworm larvae are flesh-eating ...

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures rose on Tuesday as market players anticipated a constricted supply of cattle and awaited a monthly cattle supply report later in the week, ...

According to an announcement, on November 22, the Chief Veterinary Officer of Mexico notified APHIS that it had a positive detection of New World screwworm (NWS) in Mexico, found in a cow in the ...

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live and feeder cattle futures fell on Monday as market players digested news that Mexican ...

If you’ve been a cattle producer for a long time, you may remember the last time that the New World screwworm harmed livestock here in the U.S. USDA is working now to prevent the pest from making ...

Christine Navarre, Louisiana's Beef Quality Assurance Program Coordinator, said. What makes the screwworm different, is its diet of live flesh. These maggots are the larvae of the fly ...

Maggots from screwworm flies burrow into the skin of living animals, causing serious and often fatal damage. Mexico identified screwworm in a cow in a southern state near the Guatemalan border in ...