Second flesh-eating screwworm infection reported

Governor issued disaster declaration as agencies move to stop spread of parasite, including release of sterile flies A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm fly has been confirmed in Texas by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), days after an initial case in a one-year-old calf set off an aggressive response to stop the spread of the parasite in...

1. Frame 1Texas moves into disaster response after USDA confirms a second calf infection, putting the U.S. cattle market under threat.
2. Frame 2The two Zavala County calf cases sit about five miles apart, inside the first U.S. detection cluster since the 1960s.
3. Frame 3Canada temporarily barred Texas cattle and horses that were in the state within 21 days of crossing the border.
4. Frame 4Officials set quarantines, movement controls, surveillance, and sterile fly releases around the Texas control zone.
5. Frame 5The threat hits the leading U.S. cattle-producing state, raising pressure on ranchers, regulators, and border trade.
6. Frame 6The next test is whether containment holds through summer before more herds or trade routes are shut.