New World Screwworm Virus

With the New World screwworm moving northward through Mexico, USDA says this new facility in Texas will protect American livestock.

The glow of sterile flies may soon light the way in the fight against a parasite that could shake up the cattle market.

A new initiative is on the horizon, aiming to tackle a growing threat to the United States' livestock and food supply. Let’s see how $100 million will make a difference.

State officials are warning livestock producers after a confirmed case of New World screwworm was found about 215 miles from the Texas border in Tamaulipas, Mexico.

The Food and Drug Administration recently granted Merck Animal Health a conditional approval for EXZOLT CATTLE-CA1 for both the prevention and treatment of New World screwworm and the treatment and control of cattle fever ticks.

Merck Animal Health announced that the Food and Drug Administration granted conditional approval for EXOLT CATTLE-CA 1.

Last week, we told you that USDA had launched a new, one-stop resource for information and ongoing on efforts to combat New World Screwworm.

Late last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the launch of a new unified New World Screwworm Website. USDA said this dynamic new site will centralize NWS information available across the federal government.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins led the largest USDA agribusiness trade mission in the history of the United States to Mexico City last week.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins said this week the U.S. isn’t ready to open its border once again to cattle imports from Mexico.