Screwworms arent new. Texas once lost 180,000 animals to the parasite. Heres the history. #texas @texastribune
Screwworms arent new. Texas once lost 180,000 animals to the parasite. Heres the history. #texas @texastribune
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The New World Screwworm outbreak isn't new to Texas. The Lone Star State once lost 180,000 animals to a single parasite -- and a Texas scientist had the solution decades before anyone acted on it. Now, screwworms are back, and we're looking at the history of how we beat it once before.

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Screwworms aren't new. Texas once lost 180,000 animals to the parasite. Here's the history. #texas

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