The screwworm is a parasitic fly that lays eggs in the open wounds ... found so that we don't inadvertently move a cow that has an infestation or a dog outside of the area where we know it occurs ...

Mexico will resume cattle exports to the United States starting this week, after the detection of screwworm parasites ...

If left untreated, the infestation can be fatal after only ... a barbed wire fence—is enough of an opening for a screwworm fly to set up shop, says T. R. Lansford, the deputy executive ...

Texas wildlife officials are warning the state’s cattle industry to be on the lookout for a flesh-eating parasite that can be deadly for animals.

Panama, while officially declared screwworm-free, still faces ongoing challenges with screwworm infestations, particularly in the eastern part of the ...

The New World screwworm, so named because it can burrow into an open wound like a screw driving into wood, is the larvae of an invasive fly ... concerns that an infestation could happen in ...

Cattle and bison imports from Mexico are scheduled to resume soon, according to a recent announcement by the United States ...

There are a lot of threats to Texas’ white-tailed deer population including Chronic Wasting Disease and the occasional ...

A single cow in Mexico and a pest the size of a housefly have held up pens full of Texas-bound cattle worth millions of dollars for the past six weeks. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ...