Bred heifers graze on the GKB Cattle operation near Tarzan. The ranch has increased monitoring of livestock and implemented additional fly-control measures as New World screwworm cases continue to be reported in Texas. (Photo courtesy of GKB Cattle/Facebook)
WEST TEXAS - For more than 50 years, the screwworm fly has been something most Texas ranchers only heard about from their parents and grandparents.Now, with six confirmed cases detected in the United States this month — five in Texas and one in New Mexico — producers in West Texas are preparing for the possibility that a pest once thought to be a thing of the past co...
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