The Wyoming Department of Agriculture is warning ranchers about a devastating threat to animals and people found in Mexico. The new world screwworm ...
For decades, the screwworm was eliminated in North America, but containment efforts in Panama have failed. Now cattle smugglers are helping the parasite advance north.
NYANGAMBE, Zimbabwe — At first, the suggestion to try farming maggots spooked Mari Choumumba and other farmers in Nyangambe, a region in southeastern Zimbabwe where drought wiped out the staple ...
NWS maggots often enter through an open wound and feed on living flesh of warm-blooded animals, including people, USDA said. It warned that infestations can be difficult to detect at first but can ...