New World Screwworm: What Pet Owners Need To Know

A dog in Texas was infected with New World screwworm, a fly with larvae that feed on living tissue in warm-blooded animals.

Second carcass-eating fly species cleared by FDA for maggot wound therapy

The Food and Drug Administration this week cleared a second carcass-feasting fly species for use in maggot wound therapy, ...

Say Hello to the New Species of Fly Officially Approved to Clean Human Wounds

Known as maggot debridement therapy, the treatment works by applying medical-grade, sterile fly larvae to a wound under the ...

Texas adds 3 more New World screwworm cases as US total hits 19

Terrell County's case count jumped from one to four in a day. See every Texas screwworm location, the U.S. total and the ...
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CAA: New World screwworm update by Dr. Kathryn Bedell

As you have probably heard, New World Screwworm (NWS) has infected cattle, goats and a dog in Texas and Southeastern New ...

What to know about the outbreak of flesh-eating flies in Texas

Female screwworm flies lay hundreds of eggs in the exposed flesh of warm-blooded animals, potentially causing severe harm and death to the host. The Texas infestations are the parasite's first ...

American scientists and ranchers are racing to stop a flesh-eating fly after 15 animal cases turned up in Texas and New Mexico, and the battle could take more than a year

Scientists and ranchers are racing against time to eradicate the New World screwworm, with 15 confirmed cases reported in ...
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Maggots in Compost: Are They Good or Bad, and What Should You Do?

Maggots in compost are almost always black soldier fly larvae, and in most bins they're harmless. Finding a modest number of them in an active bin is usually a good sign, not a bad one. I'm a ...