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The US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced earlier this week that Moore Air Base in Edinburg, Texas will be the site of a new sterile fly production facility in the efforts to eradicate the New World Screwworm. This $8.5 Million facility will help augment the existing sterile fly facility at COPEG, The Panama – US Commission for the eradication …
The US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins addressed the seriousness of the potential devastating impacts of the New World Screwworm to US cattle herds in a legislative hearing last week. During the House Committee on Agriculture hearing last week, Secretary Rollins was asked several times about the impact of the New World Screwworm and the department’s response to the pest. …
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the successful eradication of the New World screwworm (NWS) from Florida. “I want to personally thank our many collaborating partners at the Federal, State, and local levels,” said Dr. Jack Shere, USDA Chief Veterinarian. “Through their dedication and professionalism close to 154 million sterile flies have been released, 16,902 animals …
As we near eradication of New World Screwworm from the Florida Keys. APHIS invites you to take an interactive look at all the steps we’ve taken to rid the United States of this dangerous pest, and save the Florida Key deer. Go to https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/maps/animal-health/screwworm-mapping to view our screwworm story map. A story map is a web-based application that can include …
by Tom Nordlie, UF/IFAS GAINESVILLE, Fla.: Responding to the announcement yesterday that the New World screwworm fly has been detected in Florida for the first time in a half-century, experts with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and College of Veterinary Medicine are taking steps to educate ranchers, property owners and residents about the pest, and assist in …
Florida Livestock Industry Leaders and Partners By Ned Waters, President, Florida Cattlemen’s Association I write to you to inform you of the fact that Animal Health officials have discovered New World Screwworm in Monroe County on Big Pine Key. Attached for your review are press releases and talking points generated by The Florida Department of Agriculture and United States Department of …
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of New World screwworm in Key deer from National Key Deer Refuge in Big Pine Key, Florida. USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, confirms this is a local infestation of New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax). This is the first local infestation …
