WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued the following press release:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), alongside State partners in Texas and New Mexico, continues to lead an aggressive response to New World screwworm (NWS) in the United States.
USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed a new case of NWS in a calf in La Salle County, Texas, bringing the total cases of NWS in the United States to six. USDA is working closely with the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) to respond and further investigate the case. The joint federal-state field teams have already expanded surveillance and r...