 |
| CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT ISSUE |
 |
| Best of NAMA 2026 |
|
 |
|
NEW FINDING OF WORLD SCREWWORM LOCATED 120 MILES SOUTH OF TEXAS
Dec. 4, 2025
 |
|---|
| USDA |
By Julie Tomascik, Editor, Texas Farm Bureau
A New World screwworm detection was confirmed in Montemorelos, Nuevo León, about 120 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border.
SENASICA, the Mexican government agency responsible for agriculture, notified the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) of the detection. APHIS confirmed the case in a 22-month-old bovine transported from Veracruz to a feedlot in Nuevo León.
This detection marks the northernmost active case currently found in Mexico.
It is the second detection at the same Nuevo León feedlot since October. The recurrence shows how easily the parasite can move with transported livestock.
The department recently launched a New World screwworm website that centralizes information available across the federal government. It includes a map with recent detection and notes whether the cases are active or inactive.
USDA continues to execute its five-pronged plan to push the pest south and protect U.S. livestock and wildlife. That plan includes aerial releases of sterile flies across in Nuevo León and other parts of northeastern Mexico.
|
|
|
|
|
