Sterile Insect Technique

Animal Health, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Southern Region, Texas

Texas confirms additional New World screwworm livestock cases 

New World screwworm cases in the United States totaled 42 as of July 29, with 41 confirmed in Texas and one in New Mexico, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.  The first domestic confirmed case was reported on Jun... Read More

Ag News, Animal Health, Editors, General, Kylene Scott, Livestock

Historical perspective on NWS gives insight 

New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) on Friday, Jun 06, 2025, in College Station, Texas. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Animal Health, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Southern Region, Texas, USDA

Three new cases of NWS confirmed in Texas 

New World screwworm larvae. (Photo courtesy USDA APHIS.)

New World screwworm reaches 2 states as USDA confirms fifth U.S. case

Animal health officials respond to second detection of New World screwworm in the United States

Texas, USDA launch response after screwworm detection in U.S. 

New World screwworm larvae. (Photo courtesy USDA APHIS.)

USDA confirms presence of New World screwworm in the United States

USDA opens livestock insect research laboratory in Texas 

Officials break ground on new Texas sterile fly production facility 

Texas ag commissioner warns of screwworm threat 90 miles from border 

New World Screwworm fly (Texas A&M AgriLife)

Tiny parasite; big problem