The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in ...

The New World screwworm fly's larvae feed on live flesh, threatening livestock health and causing economic losses. US and ...

All cattle imports from Mexico to the US were cancelled over concerns about a flesh-eating parasite infestation (Associated Press) ...

However, the parasite remained in Mexico, leading to periodic outbreaks including one in the 1970s that infected 1.4 million cattle and 332,600 sheep and goats in Texas alone.

USDA announces new Texas facility to breed sterile New World screwworm flies as part of an effort to combat the flesh-eating parasite threatening livestock near the US-Mexico border.

The US Government will be opening a fly factory in Texas to mass produce millions of infecund flies as part of a sterilization campaign aimed at eliminating the flesh-eating parasite screwworm.

U.S. to open fly factory in Texas as part of fight against a flesh-eating parasite The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico ...