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Multiple departments in the Trump administration are working to combat the proliferation of a flesh-eating parasite quickly ...
USDA launches a key initiative with a new sterile fly facility in Texas to combat the New World Screwworm and protect US ...
USDA is spending to keep the New World Screwworm (NWS) out of the U.S. “We are going even further and taking the most ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) became authorized Tuesday to allow the use of animal drugs to treat or prevent ...
USDA unveils a five-pronged plan with Tick Riders, detector dogs and a Texas sterile-fly facility to combat New World ...
Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins held a joint news conference Friday to announce new ...
With the presence of a deadly, flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. growing greater by the day, federal and Texas officials are ...
Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who patrol border to protect cattle from fever tick, will also serve as defense against screwworm.
The USDA plan comes alongside a monthslong shutdown of the Mexico-U.S. border for cattle. The shutdown has affected Mexican ...
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced an aggressive initiative to combat the New World Screwworm ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a sterile fly production facility in Texas to fight ...
The USDA invests $750 million in a facility in Edinburg, Texas, to combat the New World screwworm, protecting U.S. livestock ...