The USDA recently announced it will build an $8.5 million sterile fly dispersal facility in Texas focused on combatting the damaging and invasive New World screwworm. University of Florida experts, including Edwin Burgess, UF/IFAS assistant ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is urging veterinarians, livestock producers and animal health professionals to remain vigilant about recognizing signs and symptoms of the New World screwworm as the threat ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease
USDA has confirmed New World Screwworm cases in Big Pine Key in Key deer. Fact sheet available at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/livestock/primary_screwworm.htm For more information, please see: Florida residents should be vigilant ... READ MORE
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