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Quarantine in Texas: US races to contain deadly flesh-eating parasite
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US health and agricultural officials are responding to the first confirmed case of screwworm, a parasitic infestation, found in a calf in South Texas, marking the first domestic outbreak in decades.
Quarantine in Texas: US races to contain deadly flesh-eating parasite
Following the first confirmation of screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, on a US farm in decades, federal and state officials have fanned out in South Texas, where a calf was found infested this week.
US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday no other infestations of cattle or other animals have been detected around the confirmed case.
The case in La Pryor, Texas, was a blow to US cattle ranchers who have been bracing for a domestic outbreak of New World screwworm as the fly...
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