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USDA Declares War on Screwworm Menace with New Texas Facility to Shield American Cattle!

USDA launches a key initiative with a new sterile fly facility in Texas to combat the New World Screwworm and protect US ...
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USDA unveils major plan to fight New World screwworm with Tick Riders, detector dogs, Texas facility

USDA unveils a five-pronged plan with Tick Riders, detector dogs and a Texas sterile-fly facility to combat New World ...

U.S. to build sterile fly factory in Texas to stop screwworm from devastating livestock industry

Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who patrol border to protect cattle from fever tick, will also serve as defense against screwworm.

HHS will allow emergency use of animal drugs in New World screwworm fight

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) became authorized Tuesday to allow the use of animal drugs to treat or prevent ...
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USDA Allocates $750 Million for New Screwworm Defense Facility in Edinburg, Texas to Protect National Livestock and Economy

The USDA invests $750 million in a facility in Edinburg, Texas, to combat the New World screwworm, protecting U.S. livestock ...

Feds working to thwart southern invasion of New World Screwworm

The latest threat to the southern border has wings and lays eggs that hatch into flesh-eating maggots that can kill people.
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USDA Secretary announces large federal investment, new South Texas facility to combat New World screwworm

Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins at the Texas Capitol where Rollins announced the ...
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Border remains closed to cattle as USDA rolls out plan to stop spread of parasite

The USDA plan comes alongside a monthslong shutdown of the Mexico-U.S. border for cattle. The shutdown has affected Mexican ...