Flesh-eating worm in Mexico is upending cross-border cattle trade

The New World screwworm in Mexico has prompted an almost year-long blockade on imported cattle and disrupted domestic ...

Mexican cattle imports to beef up US supply have plummeted over fears of flesh-eating maggot: ‘It’s going to break us’

Approximately 1.2 million Mexican cattle cross into the U.S. every year, according to the Washington Post. But after a cow in ...
NOLA.com

Oregon woman's creepy nightmare: 14 cattle worms found in her left eye

It sounds like something out of a creepy nightmare. A year and a half ago, Abby Beckley, of Grants Pass, then 26, felt a prickling in her left eye. She stood in front of a mirror and pulled a small, ...
Daily Herald

Don't worry. Cattle eye worm infestation exceedingly rare.

Q: Please tell me more about the recent story in the news about the young woman who spent time on a ranch and then found worms living inside her eyes. We are cattle ranchers, and now I'm worried about ...

POLL: How concerned are you about a potential screwworm outbreak in Texas cattle?

SAN ANTONIO - Authorities around Texas are inspecting livestock for the New World screwworm — a flesh-eating parasite that has the potential to devastate the ca ...
The Western Producer

How we think of parasite control in cattle is changing

We need to all think more about timing for both lice and internal worms so that control products can do the best job possible ...
The Spokesman-Review

Ask the doctors: Possibility of cattle eye worm infestation exceedingly rare

Dear Doctor: Please tell me more about the recent story in the news about the young woman who spent time on a ranch and then found worms living inside her eyes. We are cattle ranchers, and now I’m ...
Post and Courier

Tree cattle, stink bugs, worms getting noticed

At Possumís Landscape and Pest Control Supply and at WTMA, The Big Talker, our phone lines have had several calls that have common issues. Tree cattle, stink bugs, and worms are getting active and ...