A parasite that eats live flesh has resurfaced near Texas, sparking fears for ranchers, pets and the cattle industry.

The USDA has closed the border to Mexican cattle imports and announced $750 million in funding for a sterile fly facility to ...

At Mahr's ranch outside Tuxtla Gutierrez, a worker lassos a young cow. The animal bucks as it is guided over to Mahr, who is ...

The beef industry in Mexico was dealt a devastating blow when the US closed its border with the country in May 2025 due to a ...

That is why USDA is working alongside the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to encourage animal drug development and ...

The maggots burrow into the wounds, which enlarge and deepen the more eggs that hatch and feed on the tissue. The nature of ...

USDA is spending to keep the New World Screwworm (NWS) out of the U.S. “We are going even further and taking the most ...

Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who patrol border to protect cattle from fever tick, will also serve as defense against screwworm.

The flesh-eating fly larva can be deadly to warm-blooded animals. It was first discovered in a cow in southern Mexico late ...

The price of meat has gone up by 20 percent due to restrictions placed on Mexican cattle limiting the number of cattle being ...

Local experts are warning of possible screwworm activity coming to the area. There have been reports of increased activity from New World Screwworms in Mexico with concerns that it will come further ...

Alfredo Chavez, cattle rancher and livestock technician, shows New World screwworm larvae removed from a cow at his ranch in Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, amid an ...