Alarm as once-eradicated flesh-eating parasite found in calf in Texas
USDA confirms first case of New World screwworm in cattle in six decades, posing threat to livestock industry A flesh-eating parasite rarely seen in the US in six decades has been found in a calf in Texas, agriculture officials said, in an alarming development for the country’s cattle industry. The New World screwworm fly (NWS) … Read more