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US confirms three new cases of flesh-eating screwworm in livestock
The US Department of Agriculture confirmed three new cases of New World screwworm in Texas and New Mexico, affecting a calf in La Salle county and a goat in Gillespie county. Officials are working to combat the parasite’s spread.
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