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

More recently, it saw a resurgence in 2016 in the Florida Keys, killing more than 130 deer before being ... Although screwworm has not been detected in American cattle, USDA says the number ...

“Protecting American livestock from foreign ... As recently as 2016, a resurgence of screwworm in the Florida Keys killed more than 130 deer before the pest was eliminated from the region ...

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.

Hoosier Ag Today told you that cattle imports from Mexico were suspended because of a very dangerous pest called the New World Screwworm. However, progress to further prevent it’s spread may soon allo ...

The maggot, known as the New World screwworm, can infect cattle, deer, pets and even humans. The New World screwworm, so named because it can burrow into an open wound like a screw driving into ...

The parasitic screwworm was eradicated from the U.S. in 1966, but it is widespread in some Caribbean and South American countries. New World Screwworm photo (Courtesy Centers for Disease Control ...

According to APHIS, New World screwworm (NWS) is a devastating pest. When NWS fly larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of a living animal, they cause serious, often deadly damage to the animal.