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Texas Beef Industry Profits Eaten Away by Threat of Screwworm
James Henderson was a teenager in 1971 when he had to treat animals for a type of white maggot that ate livestock from the inside out — the New World screwworm. “It’s a horrible parasite, and it will eat that …
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According to Insurance Journal’s source item, Texas Beef Industry Profits Eaten Away by Threat of Screwworm, James Henderson was a teenager in 1971 when he had to treat animals for a type of white maggot that ate livestock from the inside out — the New World screwworm. “It’s a horrible parasite, and it will eat that …
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