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U.S. livestock
Coverage of U.S. livestock in the Nexus archive.
- A flesh-eating New World screwworm was just found in a Texas cow—here’s what to know
A flesh-eating New World screwworm was found in a Texas cow, marking the first case in U.S. livestock since the parasite was eliminated in the 1960s.
- Flesh-eating screwworm detected in Texas for first time in decades
Federal and state officials confirmed the detection of the New World screwworm in a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, marking the first case in U.S. livestock in decades.