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Flesh eating worm identified in US cattle

Andrew McNamara May, Features Editor June 10, 2026

A flesh-eating screwworm has been identified in the United States cattle herd. On Friday, June 5th, the USDA announced that it had identified a second case of the worm in the herd, this time in a one-month-old...

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