The number of New World Screwworm (NWS) cases in domestic animals in the United States has risen to 26, following an additional case in cattle in Jim Hogg County today.
The first case was reported in a calf from Zavala County on June 3.
The cases have been distributed in 25 livestock in Texas and a dog in New Mexico.
NWS (Cochliomyia hominivorax) is a parasitic fly whose larvae burrow into the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
It causes severe, potentially fatal wounds in livestock, pets, and wildlife — and, rarely, people
It was eradicated from the US by the 1960s.
Are they afraid of mass hesteria or what? They saved a severely beaten man in L.A. . Left for dead, infested with screw worms and he survived. This was about two months back.
People are dying. . Could I ever tell it!