How flesh-eating screwworms in cattle could raise US beef prices - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMizgFBVV95cUxOZWtjWHk4Ync0eVV6cHNMVmdWbWJWM0l0aTlTMWsxTUhMZmtzYWZ1eXlLTDh5Qzg1Tm9qWWFJT0VrNTJnZUdBZTR0TGRkZ19EN05RT1ZqM2FvTHF6WmsyTV9pTDVMZFcwWjlEVGZCT2RVU25QM1BpUHZHUEM1T1NyY09LbGg4UlFBTnE1SHBsZ2g0Tk5LYTN5TzJZdGdkazNwZzdKWFNTZHJwMlFFQTBxQ2paN3doZHZBektPV2NjR1VZZVB5Mm9xN1pBME9JUQ?oc=5" target="_blank">How flesh-eating screwworms in cattle could raise US beef prices</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

A deadly cattle pest called New World screwworm has been found in Texas, 60 years after it was effectively eradicated in the United States. This development raises concerns for the already depleted U.S. beef industry, which is facing its smallest herd in 75 years and record-high meat prices.

New World screwworm, a devastating parasite that eats cattle and other wild animals alive, traveled north from Central America to Mexico before being confirmed in a Texas calf on June 3, creeping past biological barriers that kept the pest contained for decades, experts said.

New World screwworm, a devastating parasite that eats cattle and other wild animals alive, traveled north from Central America to Mexico before being confirmed in a Texas calf on Wednesday, creeping past biological barriers that kept the pest contained for decades, experts said.