Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that additional state resources have been deployed to respond to the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said poses a major threat to livestock but can also infect birds and humans.

A potentially deadly, flesh-eating parasite has officially crossed into Texas. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed Wednesday that the New World screwworm was detected in Zavala County, posing a serious threat to local livestock and wildlife ...

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NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just like he had done thousands of times before. This time ...

The U.S. cattle industry is in serious danger after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the detection of the New World screwworm fly in a calf in southern Texas, marking the parasite’s return to the state and raising fears of further pressure on already strained beef supplies.