New $21 million facility aims to produce millions of sterile flies to stop the spread of flesh-eating livestock parasite.

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The United States and Mexico have opened a new facility in southern Mexico to produce sterile flies aimed at stopping the spread of the New World screwworm, Bloomberg reported on ...

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The U.S. and Mexico took a major step in the battle against New World screwworm, opening a facility to produce sterile flies that authorities believe is the best method for ...

New World screwworms are parasitic flies whose larvae can infest wounds and feed on the tissues of animals and, in rare cases ...

Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "The New World screwworm is causing trouble and costing dollars in Texas and New Mexico. "Twenty ...

The USDA is paying for more Texas screwworm inspectors and funding $105 million for 40 research projects to stop the parasite ...

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