According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.

Abbott directs the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks & Wildlife to form a joint response team to combat the New ...

Abbott ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the spread of the ...

The New World screwworm is posing a serious threat to Texas livestock, the beef industry, and the broader state economy.

Greg Abbott directed two agencies to assemble a response team to combat the New World screwworm, which poses a serious threat ...

New World screwworms can devastate the cattle industry. That's why Gov. Abbott has created a task for to take them on.

According to a release, the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will team up to combat the ...

Gov. Greg Abbott announced the creation of a response team combining Texas Parks and Wildlife and Texas Animal Health ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is ordering the establishment of a new Texas New World Screwworm Response Team. Abbott is ...

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The pest has been detected just 700 miles from the U.S. border, leading the USDA to take "urgent action" to protect U.S.

Screwworm is a parasitic fly that targets warm-blooded animals and has the potential to disrupt Texas’ $15 billion cattle ...