The New World screwworm (NWS) has been reported as close as 70 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border, and the federal government and the Texas Department of Agriculture) are butting heads on the best path forward for combatting the flesh-eating pest.
The NWS is a parasite that causes devastating damage, including death, to livestock such as cattle, pigs, and horses by laying eggs on the tissue of a wound, which hatch into larvae and then burrow and feed on the flesh, leading to tissue destruction and infection.
