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‘Horrific’ Flesh-Eating Parasite Headed to U.S. The Only Way to Stop It? Drop Millions of Flies on Infested Areas

The New World screwworm, whose larva “screws” into the skin and can infect humans as well as livestock, will be here within ...
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Officials to drop millions of flies from airplanes to fight flesh-eating parasite: 'The female fly finds a living host'

"It’s a daily chore to provide those inspections." Officials to drop millions of flies from airplanes to fight flesh-eating ...

Kākāpō population decline linked to rapid loss of native parasite species

Researchers from the University of Adelaide, New Zealand's Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research and the University of Auckland ...

Ranchers in southern Mexico are struggling against a flesh-eating parasite infecting livestock

CINTALAPA, Mexico (AP) — With Mexican cattle again barred this month from entry to the United States over fears of spreading ...

Boy, 12, dies from brain-eating parasite that got up his nose after swimming in lake

A TWELVE-year-old boy passed away after being infected by a brain-eating parasite while swimming in a lake. Jaysen Carr died on July 18 after swimming in Lake Murray, a large reservoir in the US ...

Parasite warning as farm visitors told not to kiss or hug animals during lamb feeding events

Health officials issued the alert after the spread of cryptosporidiosis, an infection which causes serious gastrointestinal ...
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Cattle growers feel the pinch as US halts Mexican imports to stop parasite

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins closed the border to Mexican cattle for a second time after new reports of ...

Cattle ranchers in southern Mexico are struggling against a flesh-eating parasite

With Mexican cattle again barred this month from entry to the United States over fears of spreading a flesh-eating parasite, ...