U.S. Launches $8.5M Fly Facility to Combat Screwworm Spread
TL;DR
The U.S. plans to combat the spread of dangerous New World screwworms by building an $8.5 million facility in Texas to breed sterile flies, aiming to prevent the pest from infesting livestock and wildlife, and to protect the cattle industry from economic losses.
- U.S. plans to combat spread of "man-eater" screwworms with $8.5M facility of flies in Texas CBS News
- Ag secretary announces ‘bold’ plan to stop New World screwworm from entering US WANE 15
- US government to build $8.5M fly breeding factory to mass produce millions of flesh-eating parasites — here’s why New York Post
- To fight screwworm, the U.S. is opening a South Texas facility to disperse sterile flies The Texas Tribune
- Secretary Rollins Announces Bold Plan to Combat New World Screwworm’s Northward Spread USDA (.gov)
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