new world screwworm

APHIS Modifying Strategy to Combat the New World Screw Worm

DanCattle, Disease, Pest Update

new world screwworm
Courtesy of USDA/APHIS

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is modifying its strategy to combat the new world screw worm (NWS) by shifting sterile fly dispersal efforts to the northernmost outbreak point in Mexico, due to the pest’s spread northward.

APHIS Modifying Strategy to Combat the New World Screw Worm