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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the restrictions on livestock imports due to the troubling northward spread of ...
Prices will go up with the halt on Mexican cattle imports, but the border closure won't help eradicate the parasite.
Imports of livestock from the southern border have been banned due to the spread of a flesh-eating pest in Mexico, the U.S.
The threat from the flesh-eating maggots, known as the New World Screwworm, has suspended live cattle imports through the ...
The United States is taking action to control the potential threat of an invasive flesh-eating parasite found in animals in Mexico. The New World screwworm fly could pose a "devastating threat" to ...
Mexico's New World Screwworm outbreak halts livestock imports at the southern border as US officials work to prevent the ...
Now, state lawmakers have given the agency a new name, a new mission, new leadership and a boost in funding to expand its ...
The United States was able to eradicate the parasite in the 1960s. Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is able to fly ...
Black-footed ferrets are among the species in New Mexico that need conservation help. A new law expands the authority of the state’s wildlife agency to include non-game species, provides ...
The fly, known as the New World screwworm ... dumping of sterile flies of the parasite species to create sterile offspring. In coordination with Mexico, the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...