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Flesh-eating screwworm arrives in US with first case detected in Texas cattle
A calf near the US-Mexico border is the first case of the parasite in the US in 60 years.
What happened
According to BBC News’s source item, Flesh-eating screwworm arrives in US with first case detected in Texas cattle, A calf near the US-Mexico border is the first case of the parasite in the US in 60 years.
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- Flesh-eating screwworm arrives in US with first case detected in Texas cattleBBC News - 2026-06-04T03:45:20+00:00
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