Screwworm was found in a dog in Texas. What does that mean for your pets?

Screwworm was found in a dog in Texas. What does that mean for your pets?

LUBBOCK — The New World screwworm has burrowed itself into Texans’ consciousness after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed seven cases — six in Texas and one in New Mexico — in the last week.

Expert on New World Screwworm Population Growth, Infection, Pets, and More

Lee Haines, associate research professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, is an expert in medical and veterinary entomology and able to speak to the New World screwworm (NWS).  See her comments below on the NWS growing their populations, crossing state lines, infection spread, how to protect pets, and more: NWS population growth and wild animals "I expect the cases of NWS to quickly grow as we know the flies have already r…