Actions

Facebook
Tweet
Email

Gov. Greg Abbott, Sec. Rollins, USDA announces significant step to combat New World Screwworm

Cattle industry prepares as new world screwworm threat moves closer to Texas, U.S.

Associated Press Photo/Isabel Mateos

Alfredo Chavez, a cattle rancher and livestock technician, shows New World screwworm larvae removed from a cow at his ranch in Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, amid an infestation that led the U.S. to suspend cattle imports over fears the pest could reach the border.

By: Taylor Helmes

Posted

TEXAS (KXXV) — Gov. Greg Abbott, joined by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and the USDA, are announcing a significant step to combat New World Screwworm on Monday.

Watch the press conference here:

https://www.kxxv.com/news/local-news/florida-woman-dies-in-hamilton-county-crash-over-the-weekend

Actions

Gov. Greg Abbott, Sec. Rollins, USDA announces significant step to combat New World Screwworm

In Your Neighborhood