Texas warns producers after 8 New World screwworm cases confirmed

Photo: Screwworm – Cochliomyia hominivorax, Key Deer National Refuge, Big Pine Key, Florida – January 8, 2017. Photo credit: Judy Gallagher via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by AGDAILY Reporters AGDAILY – January 15, 2026. For more information: screwworm.gov.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is urging heightened vigilance from livestock producers along the Texas-Mexico border after Mexico confirmed eight additional cases of New World screwworm in the state of Tamaulipas. Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Public Health, Safety, and Quality confirmed the new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed New World screwworm cases in Tamaulipas since December 30, 2025, to 11. Tamaulipas borders Texas from about Laredo down to the Gulf, raising concerns about the pest’s potential spread northward. […]

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