USDA will not ban cattle imports from Mexico over latest screwworm case, agency says– www.investing.com
Source Link
Excerpt:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not restrict cattle imports from Mexico after another discovery of a damaging pest called New World screwworm in a cow south of the border, the agency said on Tuesday.
U.S. cattle supplies tightened in recent months after Washington in late November blocked Mexican livestock shipments over the discovery of screwworm in a cow in Mexico.
Another case of screwworm was found in a cow in Mexico’s Tabasco state last week, according to the World Organization for Animal Health.
The pest can infest livestock, wildlife and in rare cases, people. Maggots from screwworm flies burrow into the skin of living animals, causing serious and often fatal damage.
The USDA said on February 1 it would lift the ban it imposed in November under new protocols to assess the health of animals before they enter the U.S. from Mexico.
