On Dec. 3, 2025, the Texas Department of Agriculture reported in a press release that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had ...

The New World screwworm can destroy an animal in a matter of days, and the Cattle Fever Tick once brought the Texas cattle ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Wednesday directed two state agencies to assemble a response team to combat the New World screwworm, which poses a serious threat to Texas livestock and ...

AUSTIN, Texas – State and federal leaders discussed plans to fight the New World screwworm during a late Friday morning press conference in Austin. The screwworm, or Cochliomyia hominivorax, is a ...

The U.S. has confirmed its first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite whose northward creep from South America has put the country's cattle industry on high alert in recent ...