The southern border was closed to imports of the animals after screwworm, eradicated in the U.S. for decades, had been moving ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced a plan to enhance the agency's ability to detect, control ...

Imports of livestock from Mexico will resume in phases starting next week after a ban in May at ports of entry because of ...

The USDA will reopen Mexico livestock ports in phases starting July 7 after an 8-week closure due to a New World Screwworm threat.

According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.

In the 1940s and 1950s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...

Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...

The USDA has announced a phased reopening of southern ports of entry to livestock imports as officials continue to tackle the screwworm issue. U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins suspended ...

The New World screwworm parasite has been detected in Mexico, prompting the U.S. Agriculture Department to launch an $8.5 ...

Abbott directs the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks & Wildlife to form a joint response team to combat the New ...

The New World screwworm, eradicated in the United States in the 1960s, could again pose a threat to Texas livestock, the beef ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - In order to combat the spread of the New World screwworm, Governor Greg Abbott has established a ...