calf
Coverage of calf in the Nexus archive.
- Kentucky calf falls into six-foot sinkhole, prompting excavator rescue
A baby cow fell into a six-foot sinkhole in Smiths Grove, Kentucky, prompting volunteer firefighters to rescue it using an excavator and tow strap. Firefighters dug around the calf to create space, and it was successfully pulled out without injuries to the animal or rescuers.
- Screwworm detections in Texas grow amid expanding response
Texas has confirmed five screwworm cases in less than a week, including a calf in La Salle County and a goat in Gillespie County. Federal officials are investigating an infested dog linked to New Mexico and Mexico.
- A flesh-eating worm from the 1960s is re-invading the U.S. Are CA cattle at risk?
Officials detected the New World Screwworm in a Texas calf, a once-eradicated parasite that could impact the beef industry facing higher prices. The discovery raises concerns about potential risks to California farms.
- 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.
- First US screwworm case in 60 years: Should America be worried?
The US Department of Agriculture has detected New World screwworm in a Texas calf. This is the first US case in 60 years, and the article questions whether this development should concern Americans.