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San Antonio to house nation's first pest biosecurity platform
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (297+ words) Flyttr announced plans on Sept. 8 to build a large-scale biosecurity research, development and countermeasures platform in San Antonio, Texas. The facility will focus on developing and manufacturing responses to major pest threats affecting livestock, agriculture and public health. With concerns…...
San Antonio Chosen To Be New World Screwworm Research Site
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (104+ words) 710 KURV Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio is the chosen site of major research to stop the spread of the New World screwworm. Research company Flyttr plans to use Texas Biomed’s Biosafety Level 3 containment lab to conduct the research,…...
San Antonio chosen as site for crucial New World screwworm research as infection spreads in Texas
1+ week, 3+ day ago (449+ words) SAN ANTONIO – A company working to stop the spread of the New World screwworm has chosen Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio as the site for major new research, a project expected to bring 40 jobs and support efforts to…...
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos lead $200M project to save 100 of globe's most threatened species
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (411+ words) LOS ANGELES – Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth's most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs and echidnas. DiCaprio's Re:wild and the Bezos Earth…...
USDA opens facility producing millions of sterile flies following rise in screwworm cases
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (130+ words) AUSTIN, Texas — The US Department of Agriculture announced Saturday that a new 22,000-square foot sterile fly production facility in Metapa, Mexico is officially open. The department describes this as "a major milestone in the fight against New World screwworm." This…...
Texas officials say rodents and other small wildlife could be to blame for New World Screwworm infestations
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (790+ words) McALLEN — As the New World screwworm continues to infiltrate livestock and other animals in Texas, many have been asking how the parasitic fly landed here to begin with. Last week, the Texas Animal Health Commission identified a potential cause: small…...
Texas' fight against the New World screwworm will be nasty and brutish
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (506+ words) The New World screwworm isn't pretty, nor its effect on livestock. This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative...
USDA has new partners in the fight against screwworm — drones, dogs and fungi
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (573+ words) McALLEN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is doubling down on its fight against screwworm. On Tuesday, the USDA announced new approaches to combat screwworm, including using AI drones to monitor wildlife and enlisting the help of 40 research projects that would…...
Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (920+ words) U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first cases of the pest was detected. The screwworm could devastate the nation’s cattle…...
TribCast: How big of a threat is screwworm?
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (89+ words) In this week’s episode, the TribCast team talks to Phillip Kaufman, head of Texas A&M’s entomology department, and Josh Winegarner from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association about the arrival of screwworm in Texas. How worried should Texans be? How…...