Tracking the deadly parasite threatening Texas livestock and wildlife -- the latest spread data, prevention efforts, and government response.
Texas animal health officials have imposed movement restrictions on parts of two Big Bend counties after screwworm was found in a horse near the Rio Grande — the first horse infested since the flesh-eating parasite returned to the United States in June.
A dog in Crockett County tested positive for New World screwworm on Aug. 31, and by the next afternoon the state veterinarian had drawn a new quarantine line around part of the county.
Confirmed New World screwworm infestations in the United States have risen to 39, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's confirmed-detections dashboard, which the agency updates daily at 6 p.m. Eastern.
Six Texas universities are among the recipients of a $105 million federal research push against the New World screwworm, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed, as the domestic case count held at 35 for a fifth consecutive day with no new detection reported since a July 10 goat in Crockett County.
The number of confirmed New World screwworm infestations in the United States has climbed to 35, with 34 in Texas and one in New Mexico, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's confirmed-detections dashboard.
The tally of New World screwworm cases has risen to 34 and pushed into the Big Bend area for the first time, ending a week-long plateau in the outbreak that has spread across West and South Texas since June.
The count of New World screwworm has held at 32 confirmed animal cases for a full week, the longest plateau since the pest crossed into Texas in early June.
The U.S. southern border reaches one year closed to livestock trade this week, and with New World screwworm now established inside Texas, the calculus for reopening it has been turned on its head.
The Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio said it will open its high-containment laboratories to a British biotechnology company to develop new tools against the New World screwworm, a new front in the response as the U.S. case count reached 32.
The number of confirmed New World screwworm cases in the United States rose to 31 as of July 1, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed-detections dashboard.
The number of confirmed New World screwworm cases in the United States climbed to 29 as of June 30, with a dog in Pecos County becoming the first Texas case in a companion animal, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's confirmed-detections dashboard as reported by Yahoo News and the farm outlet AGDAILY.
The number of confirmed New World screwworm cases in the United States has climbed to 27 animals as of June 29, nearly all of them in Texas, while the cattle futures market, which includes the state's $15 billion cattle sector, is nearing all-time highs.
The New World screwworm has pushed into the South Texas borderlands for the first time, prompting the Texas Animal Health Commission to stand up a tenth formal quarantine zone as the confirmed U.S. case count reached 26, according to FOX 7 Austin.
The number of confirmed New World screwworm cases in the United States has risen to 20 — 19 in Texas and one in New Mexico — after the flesh-eating parasite turned up in a bovine in Medina County, according to FOX 7 Austin's Amber Kite, whose June 25 reporting cited federal and state animal-health agencies.