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New Texas response team to launch preemptive strike against screwworm
Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...
Experts concerned about New World screwworm outbreak as threat gets closer to Texas
Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...
What to know about New World screwworm flies — and what’s at stake for Texas livestock
According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.
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Texas agencies join forces to battle invasive screwworm parasite
Texas agencies are ganging up on a bad, bad worm. According to a release, the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks ...
Texas mobilizes to combat invasion threat of screwworm parasite on livestock
The New World screwworm, eradicated in the United States in the 1960s, could again pose a threat to Texas livestock, the beef ...
After screwworm scare, U.S.-Mexico border set to reopen for cattle imports
Key progress” has been made against the New World screwworm, the U.S. ag secretary says, adding that there has been no ...
Texas creates task force to take on screwworms
New World screwworms can devastate the cattle industry. That's why Gov. Abbott has created a task for to take them on.
Screwworm Response Team: How Governor Abbott is preparing for an infestation
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is forming a Screwworm response team to fight the invasive worm's expected return to Texas.
Texas mobilizes to combat screwworm invasion threat
The New World screwworm is posing a serious threat to Texas livestock, the beef industry, and the broader state economy.
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Texas A&M’s Beef Cattle Short Course tackles markets, herd management Aug. 4-6
High calf prices, weather and a new threat will headline the general session of the 71st annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course Aug. 4-6.