The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Friday that a second case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm has been detected in Texas.
The parasite was found in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, just 5.6 miles away from the location of the first confirmed case, which involved a three-week-old calf in South Texas.
“USDA has responded expediently with respect to this second detection, demonstrating our utmost preparedness,” Dudley Hoskins, the department’s under secretary for marketing and regulatory programs, said in a statement.
“This second detection is within the established movement control zone and enhanced sterile insect dispersal area,” Hoskins added….