🇺🇸 Beef Prices Hit Record in May as Screwworm Impact Looms - Bloomberg https://t.co/H27rBPRVrD https://t.co/uZKybwmuOa #BeefPrices #Screwworm #Inflation #US
US officials will need to breed up to 600 million sterile flesh-eating screwworms flies each week in order to fight back the outbreak. Currently, facilities in the US and Mexico are only capable of producing about 100 million sterile flies per week https://t.co/nPzpJQhZJy #Screwworms #InvasiveSpecies #USDA #US #MX
Canada bans Texas cattle over flesh-eating screwworm outbreak in US—A fly lays eggs in open wounds and mucous membranes of living warm-blooded animals and people. Hundreds of larvae burrow through living flesh with sharp mouths https://t.co/ptI8HAIyPH #Canada #CattleBan #ScrewwormOutbreak #CA #US #TX
US officials are launching a plan to combat the first occurrence of the flesh-eating New World Screwworm in the country since 1966 by deploying hundreds of millions of genetically modified sterile flies, although concerns remain over the insufficient supply of these flies to effectively control the outbreak. #ScrewwormOutbreak #GeneticallyModifiedFlies #CattleHealth
US plans to fight flesh-eating screwworm outbreak with flies and dogs
