New World Screwworm Virus

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

During her appearance at the FFA Convention last week, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins discussed New World Screwworm and ongoing talks with Mexico.

Officials in Mexico continue to struggle with New World Screwworm. From mid-August through mid-September, officials reported almost 32% more cases of New World Screwworm, totaling over 6,700 cases.

Oregon’s Department of Agriculture is carefully monitoring for New World Screwworm which could lead to fatal infestations for livestock and pets.

Another case of New World Screwworm has been discovered in Mexico, and this time it’s on the U.S. border.

USDA has staff in Mexico trying to determine why a cow infected with New World Screwworm was relocated from the southern part of that country to within 70 miles of the U.S. border.

Mexico’s National Health Service confirmed a new case of New World screwworm less than 70 miles from the U.S.

Is the fight against the New World Screwworm something that can be won or lost in the United State. Bill Bullard says the real fight is in Mexico.

Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, said while the cattle industry will continue to monitor the human NWS situation, this isn’t a risk to the U.S. livestock industry.

A traveler associated case of New World Screwworm detected in the United States earlier this week put many, primarily the livestock sector, on edge.