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HEALTHJun 5 · 03:03 UTCSCMP CHINAReuters

Quarantine in Texas: US races to contain deadly flesh-eating parasite

Federal and state officials are responding to the first confirmed case of screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, on a US farm in decades in South Texas. US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins stated no other infestations have been detected around the affected calf in La Pryor, Texas, which has raised concerns among cattle ranchers about a potential domestic outbreak.

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