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After 60 years the nasty thing is back in Texas. Canada has put restrictions on importing livestock from the state.
apnews.com
www.bbc.com
www.ctvnews.ca
Very relevant. A little over a year ago.
www.agri-pulse.com
EDIT: Last year the USDA estimated that if an outbreak like in 1976 happened in 2024, it would do $2B of damage to the states economy and cost ranchers close to $1B.
Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in US
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas.
apnews.com
Flesh-eating screwworm: Canada bans Texas over US outbreak
The ban came as a second infected calf was identified in Texas, and the US state declaring a state of disaster over the outbreak.
www.bbc.com
Canada restricts U.S. livestock imports from areas affected by screwworm
Canada will place temporary import restrictions on livestock entering the country from affected areas in the U.S. after a case of screwworm was confirmed.
www.ctvnews.ca
Very relevant. A little over a year ago.
Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump
Among the more than 5,300 grants and programs killed as a result of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts are a slate of U.S.-funded programs at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, including efforts to fight zoonotic diseases.
www.agri-pulse.com
EDIT: Last year the USDA estimated that if an outbreak like in 1976 happened in 2024, it would do $2B of damage to the states economy and cost ranchers close to $1B.
