The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the insects in ...

The flesh-eating The flesh-eating New World screwworm fly is spreading north through Central America toward the US after ...

Buck Wehrbein, president of the NCBA, warns of a deadly fly threatening U.S. cattle, even after Mexico has begun allowing sterile fly planes to resume vital eradication efforts.

The USDA has halted cattle imports and closed the border to fend off the screwworm ... “Thinking about things such as fly spray or dust or those ear tags could really help our animals fight off ...

The detection of the parasitic New World screwworm in Mexico prompts the U.S. to impose livestock import restrictions. Officials warn the outbreak may endanger cattle and wildlife if it goes north.

“Screwworm is a fly, a maggot classification. And so, the issue with the screwworm is that it lays its egg in an open wound, and those larvae then eat on live tissue," Justice said.

Though the fly is hundreds of miles away from the border, any outbreak in the U.S. would further tighten the cattle supply and put other livestock and household pets at risk.

A flesh-eating parasitic fly is invading North and Central America. The consequences could be severe for the cattle industry, but this parasite is not picky – it will infest a wide range of ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said she is suspending imports of livestock through the Mexican border on a "month-by-month basis" to protect U.S. cattle from the threat of a ...

McALLEN — Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation’s multi-billion-dollar cattle industry.

McALLEN — Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation’s multi-billion-dollar cattle industry.

A threat to American livestock – the New World Screwworm (NWS) fly, ... Flesh-eating New World Screwworm could pose health risks to cattle, humans By . Khloe Quill, Fox News.