U.S. limiting imports of animal products from Mexico after parasite found in Chiapas cow

[LeftInTX]

Source: San Antonio Express-News

The United States is restricting the import of animal commodities from Mexico after a parasite was detected in a cow in the southern state of Chiapas, officials said.

The cow tested positive for New World screwworm, a fly larva that burrows into open wounds and consumes living flesh, causing serious illness and often death.

The parasite usually infects livestock, and infection is rare in humans.

Mexico's Chief Veterinary Officer gave notice of the detection to the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Nov. 22, according to a news release.





Read more: https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/new-world-screwworm-us-limiting-mexico-imports-20005520.php

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APHIS is releasing sterile screwworm males in Central America, but it might take several months to have an impact on the population.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. What's RFK, Jr. thinking?

He's in control of public health....in January.

[LeftInTX]

2. He would import screw worms and force them in school lunches!

[Kali]

3. I remember the boxes they dropped with male flies.

thankfully I do NOT remember treating infested animals though I know about it and when I was a kid we always used some kind of goop in a jar from that time when we worked calves. this is an interesting site with lots of history of the eradication program - https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/exhibits/show/stop-screwworms--selections-fr

[EastBayGuy]

4. RFK, Jr. Brain Food