At least 30 people have been infected with a potentially deadly flesh eating parasite in Nicaragua as the previously ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

Both the Old World screwworm fly (OWSF) Chrysomya bezziana and the New World screwworm ... and are listed under the multiple species disease category in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2007) of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not restrict cattle imports from Mexico after another discovery of a damaging pest ...

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 parasite spurred the U.S. Department of Agriculture to close the border to cattle for more than two months recently. The department says its new cattle inspection protocols are sufficient enough ...

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

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

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 ...