Gov. Abbott issues disaster declaration as New World screwworm continues to inch closer to the border – Houston Public Media

This story may not be at the top of the list but it’s still very important. The screwworm is going to devastate our cattle industry. It’s going to take years to set up a lab to grow non-sterile male flies.
#screwworms
#cattleindustry
#texas

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Flesh-Eating Screwworms Are Creeping Closer to a Comeback in the United States Eradicated since 1966, the pests have recently been detected in Mexico within 70 miles of the U.S. border

Flesh-Eating Screwworms Are Creeping Closer to a Comeback in the United States: Eradicated since 1966, the pests have recently been detected in Mexico within 70 miles of the U.S. border @SmithsonianMag #Screwworms #PestControl #Entomology #InvasiveSpecies #FleshEatingScrewworm

FDA approves Merck drug for decimated U.S. cattle herds to stop screwworm There's hope for U.S. cattle ranchers in the battle to stop the spread of screwworm at a time of decimated herds with the FDA approving a new Merck treatment.

This article shows why the beef prices are rising in the US. We get 3.3% of our calves from Mexico which has been affected by the screwworm outbreak thus closing the border. This is the beginning of a long journey to fight these pests.
#screwworms

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Why U.S. cattle ranchers say Trump's Argentine beef import talk is no solution to domestic food supply threat President Trump floated idea of importing Argentine beef after bailout, but U.S. cattleman say it's market manipulation, not a solution to stressed food supply.

OH nice... we are now going to import screw worms. #screwworms www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/t....

The newest threat.... #ScrewWorms.

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Yikes! Eat more chicken? Maybe not. With all the DOGE slashings, it’s the Wild West for agriculture at-large.

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Make America Wormy Again If the parasitic worm that once devoured a portion of RFK Jr.'s brain were alive today, it might rejoice upon learning that yet another parasitic worm has wriggled into the spotlight and captured the heart of our nation, or whatever is left of it. The worm in question is the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that poses a horrific threat to the cattle industry and, despite international efforts at containment, made its presence known in Maryland, found suckling at the flesh of a person who recently traveled to El Salvador. Reuters broke the news from a tip by a savory-sounding industry group called Beef Alliance. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is required to report screwworm cases, was allegedly not forthcoming about the case to state officials, requiring state veterinarians to ask the CDC directly. This, of course, is an incredible way for all of us to confirm the first human case of screwworm in the U.S. Get in, loser: We're doing our own research on vaccines _and_ potentially catastrophic parasites popping up in states near you! Of the hundreds of thousands of species of worms that parasitize vertebrates, the New World screwworm is a particularly nasty piece of work. The worm's scientific name, _Cochliomyia hominivorax_ , translates to "man-consuming," and it was first discovered infesting people incarcerated in a 19th-century penal colony in South America. As an adult, a**** New World screwworm fly looks like any other blowfly that infiltrates your house and seizes upon your trash. But while some blowflies subsist on necrotic tissue or feces, the screwworm can only feast on the flesh of the living. Once a female locates a living host—usually a mammal, but other vertebrates do in a pinch—she will seek out a wound or another opening, such as an eye or a nose. She will lay her eggs, which hatch horrifyingly soon, after just six to seven hours. By their third molt, the larvae possess two black hooks like walrus tusks, which enable them to burrow into flesh.

Exclusive-U.S. confirms nation's first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak BUENOS AIRES/CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a fle...

Trump and Kennedy screw( #worm? ) up #CDC & misinform state livestock regulators on nasty #screwworms coming to s steak near you news.yahoo.com/news/article...

Human Case of Flesh-Eating Screwworms Detected In U.S. This gruesome parasite is more of a threat to your burger than to you

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Horrifying screwworm infection confirmed in US traveler after overseas trip https://arstechni.ca #screwworms #infection #parasites #Maryland #Health #larvae #texas

Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation's first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak The government's confirmation of a screwworm case comes just over a week after U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins traveled to Texas to announce plans to build a sterile fly facility there as part of efforts to combat the pest.

New fear unlocked #screwworms www.reuters.com/business/env...

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the topic of #screwworms, particularly the New World screwworm ( #Cochliomyia #hominivorax): a #historical 🧪scientific article published in #JAMA and the CDC's current #surveillance efforts amid a recent #resurgence

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"Fun" facts about parasitic #NWS ( #Screwworms ); 'The entire life cycle is around 20 days. A female can lay up to 3,000 eggs and fly up to 200 km (120 mi) during her life. Males, on the other hand, mate up to ten times.' At that rate it'll take about 3 generations to travel the distance from […]

Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation's first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak The government's confirmation of a screwworm case comes just over a week after U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins traveled to Texas to announce plans to build a sterile fly facility there as part of efforts to combat the pest.

Remember the TV show "Brain Dead"? It had Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Tony Shaloub and only ran for one season because #CBS. Well, apparently it wasn't a work of fiction.

#Screwworms #HolyShit #EverythingIsTerrible

In Texas cattle country, ranchers brace for flesh-eating screwworms The devastating pests have crossed Central America. Despite stepped-up efforts, there are not enough sterile flies to stop them.

“The USDA has estimated a screwworm outbreak could cost the economy in Texas, the biggest U.S. cattle-producing state, about $1.8 billion in livestock deaths, labor costs and medication expenses.”
#usda #cdc #screwworms #texas

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In Texas cattle country, ranchers brace for flesh-eating screwworms The devastating pests have crossed Central America. Despite stepped-up efforts, there are not enough sterile flies to stop them.

Cattle producers in the U.S. are stockpiling insecticides, making contingency plans and sounding the alarm that a shortage of skilled ranch labor will hamstring their ability to detect and treat screwworms.
#Screwworms

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Overview: US-Mexico livestock trade halted due to screwworms. Hacker News discussed the history of eradication, potential outbreak causes, and implications, including economic impacts and necessary measures. #Screwworms 1/5

Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent In Colombia, the parasites were caught expanding into endangered wild mountain tapirs.

Texas is gearing up for war as a savage, flesh-eating fly appears poised for a US invasion and is expanding its range of victims.
This is no joke! It can wipe out cattle and kills them within 2 weeks. It’s a horrible death!!
#screwworms
#imminentdeath
#cattle
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Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent https://arstechni.ca #sterileinsecttechnique #flesh-eating #screwworms #livestock #swormlure #Science #Health #cattle #mexico #flies #texas #USDA

Mexico is fighting flesh-eating screwworm crisis with sniffer dogs Officials from a special unit of the country's health safety agency Senasica run a three-month intensive training program for a select group of dogs to sniff out screwworm.

There's a job out there for every #dog. For sniffer dogs detecting #screwworms, "Sometimes what people don't want is ideal for us. A dog that is restless, playful, gluttonous, that throws food around, eats it and is still hungry, is an ideal dog for this activity."
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#Flies #ScrewWorms #MAGAts

Texas sure is a hellhole full of MAGAts

The ‘Man-Eater’ Screwworm Is Coming After a decades-long campaign to beat the parasites down to Panama, they’re speeding back up north.

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Once eradicated from the US, #screwworms are headed back and we don’t have the public health/animal health resources to stop their return. After they escaped quarantine the CDC was great about updating and prep for their return, but since the CDC cuts there hasn’t been much public health prep. 😬

The white horse is riding
America is conquered
Yay #DOGE
#Screwworms #USDA #ClownCarCabinet
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Flesh-eating New World Screwworm could pose health risks to cattle, humans Mexico's New World Screwworm outbreak halts livestock imports at the southern border as US officials work to prevent the parasitic fly from spreading to American animals.

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U.S. capitalist ruling-class lies.

The threat isn’t some filthy socialist peasant or their country bringing #screwworms or allowing them to spread.

The real threat is not Cuba, Haiti, or Mexico or Central America.

The threat is that the U.S. government …

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