Tag: new world screwworm

New World screwworm detected on stray dog in Homestead, FL

Posted: January 11, 2017

On Monday, state agriculture officials announced that the parasite that eats the flesh of living animals had been found in a stray dog in Homestead. As a precaution officials will release sterile flies in order… Read More

Category: Livestock, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease

Tags: homestead, new world screwworm, screwworm

New World Screwworm infestation in Big Pine Key, Florida

by Jennifer Carr

Posted: October 4, 2016

From the USDA-APHIS website: The presence of New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) in Key deer has been confirmed by USDA-APHIS in Big Pine Key, Florida. New World screwworms are fly larvae (maggots) that can infest… Read More

Category: Pests & Disease

Tags: Cochliomyia hominivorax, new world screwworm, screwworm

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