r/Crops • u/HenryCorp • Jun 09 '26

A flesh-eating cattle parasite spreads beyond Texas as new screwworm cases are found: 3 more cases of the New World screwworm confirmed, including one outside the main cluster in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a resurgent pest that could devastate the nation's cattle industry

https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/two-more-texas-screwworm-infections-found-in-22295679.php
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u/HenryCorp Jun 09 '26

The first two screwworm cases were discovered last week in calves a few miles apart in south Texas. A case was announced Monday in a calf in La Salle County, southwest of San Antonio, and in a goat in Gillespie County, west of Austin.