Alarm as once-eradicated flesh-eating parasite found in calf in Texas

Alarm as once-eradicated flesh-eating parasite found in calf in Texas USDA confirms first case of New World screwworm in cattle in six decades, posing threat to livestock industry A flesh-eating parasite rarely seen in the US in six decades has been found in a calf in Texas , agriculture officials said, in an alarming development for the country’s cattle industry.

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