US Criticizes Mexico's Handling of Screwworm Near Border
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said Mexico has not adequately enacted protocols to curb the spread of New World screwworm, a sign of tension between the two countries as they navigate the northward march of the pest.
Rollins blamed a recent screwworm detection less than 70 miles (113 km) from the U.S. border on Mexico's failure to curb cattle movements and tend to fly traps meant to reduce the wild population of screwworm flies, which infest and can kill livestock if untreated. Screwworm has not yet crossed the U.S...
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