Flesh-Eating Cattle Screwworm Spreads Beyond Texas As USDA Accelerates Eradication Push

Jun 9th 2026 1:50pm EDT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed three more New World screwworm (NWS) cases, bringing total detections to five and heightening concerns that the flesh-eating pest, once eradicated in the 1960s, could threaten the nation’s already strained cattle industry. The latest NWS cases include three calves and a goat in Texas, along with a small dog […]

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