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Del. James Moylan is leading an effort to reinstate a lease for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, APHIS, Wildlife Services program on Guam.
Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.
Some of the recent wild bird positives were sampled recently in a region where outbreaks were reported at Arizona layer farms ...
The population on the Colorado River in Havasu National Wildlife Refuge is close to being eradicated. David Bergman, Arizona state director of USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, estimates there are ...
The $12 million will help state and tribal governments, research institutions, and universities to combat chronic wasting ...
Here’s one reason to shut down the border. To combat the flesh-eating larvae (maggots) of the New World Screwworm (NWS) that’s wreaking havoc among livestock along […] ...
From January 2024 to June 2024, the U.S. imported around 2.36 million shell eggs and just over 9.2 million egg products, ...
This parasite is not currently found in Canada, but with travel-related cases increasing, Canadians heading south should be on alert.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a phased reopening of cattle, bison, and equine imports from Mexico after a temporary halt due to the New World Screwworm outbreak. Imports were ...
But the barrier is beginning to break now. According to USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), “In 2023, NWS detections in Panama exploded from an average of 25 cases per year to ...