NEWSNATIONNOW (Xavier Walton) - Officials race to contain screwworm as cases rise to 12
Texas animal health officials expanded quarantine zones in an effort to contain the outbreak.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Gov Abbott says New World Screwworm causing no confirmed food safety issues in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday that "there is no food safety issue” after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the first case of the New World Screwworm in South Texas in a bovine in Zavala County.
AXIOS (Ben Berkowitz) - New World screwworm confirmed in Texas, stoking fresh cattle fears
A deadly cattle pest called New World screwworm has been found in Texas, 60 years after it was effectively eradicated in the United States. Why it matters: The U.S. beef herd is already the smallest it's been in 75 years, and retail prices for the staple protein are at record highs. Catch up quick: The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the case in Zavala County, Texas, late Wednesday and launched an emergency response. - The industry long feared an infestation in the United States after the pest — actually the burrowing larvae of a fly — was found moving north in Mexico. The intrigue: On Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins denied the pest had been found within a mile of the U.S. border. - A day later, USDA…