The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday it will not restrict cattle imports from Mexico after a pest called new ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extremely worried about the arrival in the U.S. of a fly larvae called the New World screwworm that infests the living tissue of warm-blooded animals ...

Nicaragua’s health ministry has confirmed that 30 people have been infected by the New World screwworm ( Cochliomyia ...

The New World screwworm fly lays its eggs in open wounds or orifices of various animals, including humans. These hatch to produce maggots that burrow, or screw, into the flesh causing intense pain ...

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

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

Screwworm infestations occur when a female fly lays her eggs on an animal’s open wound or another area such as their eyes or mouth. The female can lay up to 300 eggs at a time, and any warm ...

the New World screwworm fly ranks among the most reviled of all livestock pests. This parasitic insect has the repulsive habit of laying its eggs inside a cut or scratch on a farm animal’s body.

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

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. The New World screwworm fly was eradicated in ...

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, which deposits its larvae into an open wound.

New World Screwworm photo (Courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) The New World Screwworm is a larva or maggot of the New World Screwworm fly, which lays eggs in a wound or live ...