The US government is working to protect animals and people from the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly whose larvae feed on living tissue.

Texas livestock producers are on heightened alert following confirmation from the USDA of a positive New World screwworm case, just 70 miles south of the U.S. border.

USDA confirms New World screwworm in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, northernmost case near Texas; livestock imports from Mexico remain closed.

USDA says this is now the northernmost detection of NWS during this outbreak, and the one most threatening to the American ...

Bimini the dolphin was supposed to be confiscated alongside three other animals in 2024, but never was. Two have since died ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced a commitment to new actions (PDF, 1.2 MB) to increase the number of ...

Net sales of 400 MT for 2026 were for Japan. Exports of 13,200 MT were up 52 percent from the previous week and 23 percent ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a central Nebraska dairy herd, marking the first such case in the ...

Dairy cattle in 17 states have been infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 since the start of the outbreak in March 2024.

LINCOLN –The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA), in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the detection ...