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USDA shuts border to livestock imports. Local vet urges ranchers to inspect daily and act fast.
A dangerous parasite is inching closer to Texas.The New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating maggot that targets open wounds in livestock, has now been confirmed in parts of southern Mexico—including Oaxaca and Veracruz—less than 700 miles from the U.S. border.On May 11, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins responded by suspending all live cattle, horse, and bison imports t...
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