{"id":1143,"date":"2026-06-06T05:07:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2026-06-06T05:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:07:27","slug":"second-texas-screwworm-case-confirmed-as-outbreak-fears-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"Second Texas screwworm case confirmed as outbreak fears grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div>LA PRYOR, Texas\/MEXICO CITY, June 5 (Reuters) &#8211; A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm \u200bparasite was confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on \u200cFriday, emerging just miles from where the first U.S. detection in decades was reported this week.<\/div><div>The new case in Zavala County was detected on a ranch 5.6 miles (9 km) from the first positive case \u200bof screwworm in Texas, which the USDA confirmed on Wednesday.<\/div><div>The infection, which \u200bthe USDA said was in a one-month-old calf, was reported earlier on \u2060Friday by Reuters, citing sources.<\/div><div>The USDA discovered the second infestation &#8220;after testing a number \u200bof suspect cases,&#8221; the department&#8217;s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a press \u200brelease.<\/div><div>APHIS and Texas Animal Health Commission officials are continuing to &#8220;collect and test other samples from the surrounding area which have come back negative,&#8221; it said.<\/div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><\/div><\/div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New World screwworm found in a calf in Texas\" class=\"wp-image-1142\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/421265052ae3b4a26cc1ea381334a68e-1024x683.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/421265052ae3b4a26cc1ea381334a68e-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/421265052ae3b4a26cc1ea381334a68e-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/421265052ae3b4a26cc1ea381334a68e-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/421265052ae3b4a26cc1ea381334a68e.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><\/div><\/div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New World screwworm found in a calf in Texas\" class=\"wp-image-1100\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c0b0c14bb3db67a9de11a6ef5db36243-1024x683.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c0b0c14bb3db67a9de11a6ef5db36243-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c0b0c14bb3db67a9de11a6ef5db36243-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c0b0c14bb3db67a9de11a6ef5db36243-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c0b0c14bb3db67a9de11a6ef5db36243.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><\/div><\/div><button><span><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/button><\/div><div><div>Item 1 of 2 A cow reacts, a day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that New World screwworm was detected in a Texas calf, near Crystal City, Texas, U.S., June 4, 2026.  REUTERS\/Kaylee Greenlee<\/div><div><button><span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/button><button><span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div>Friday&#8217;s case and the initial detection in nearby La \u200bPryor, a town roughly 30 miles (50 km) northeast of the U.S.-Mexico border, have \u200bdealt a setback to U.S. cattle ranchers, who have been preparing for the arrival of the pest \u200cas \u2060it has moved north through Mexico over the past year.<\/div><div>Screwworms are parasitic flies that deposit eggs in open wounds or mucous membranes of warm-blooded animals. After hatching, the larvae penetrate living tissue, feeding on the host and potentially causing fatal damage if not \u200btreated.<\/div><div>An outbreak in \u200bU.S. border states in \u2060the 1960s devastated wildlife and inflicted heavy financial losses on ranchers.<\/div><div>A widespread resurgence now could pose a significant economic threat in \u200bTexas, the country\u2019s largest cattle-producing state, through animal deaths as well \u200bas higher \u2060labor and treatment costs.<\/div><div>To limit the risk, Washington has kept the U.S.-Mexico border closed to live cattle imports for more than a year and has spent millions of dollars \u2060to curb \u200bthe pest\u2019s northward spread, including funding sterile fly \u200bproduction, expanding trapping programs and stepping up livestock monitoring.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Cassandra Garrison\" class=\"wp-image-935\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6260bf3aded8b39dfff4e4a5e9eeda2e.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Cassandra Garrison<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Instagram<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Linkedin<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Heather Schlitz\" class=\"wp-image-936\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1aeb31eb1564f1d76766bedc6d815441.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Heather Schlitz<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Leah Douglas\" class=\"wp-image-1095\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/29f79b3007908c8e48c70d5a1fac4493.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Leah Douglas<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Linkedin<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1140\">Palestinian baby killed by Israeli gunfire in occupied West Bank, health ministry says<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1138\">US attacks Iranian sites after Iran launches drones, in latest Gulf flare-up<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1136\">Marvell to join S&amp;P 500 after AI boom helps chipmaker pass profitability test<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm \u200bparasite was confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on \u200cFriday, emerging just miles from where the first U.S. detection in decades was reported this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Second Texas screwworm case confirmed as outbreak fears grow - Reliable Moving Crews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Second Texas screwworm case confirmed as outbreak fears grow - Reliable Moving Crews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm \u200bparasite was confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on \u200cFriday, emerging just miles from where the first U.S. detection in decades was reported this week.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Reliable Moving Crews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-06T05:07:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/34f02a869ba60b78ae3d994f205e0d24\"},\"headline\":\"Second Texas screwworm case confirmed as outbreak fears grow\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-06T05:07:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143\"},\"wordCount\":433,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/541cee74283df37fa49d2bcdc94beca6.avif\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143\",\"name\":\"Second Texas screwworm case confirmed as outbreak fears grow - Reliable Moving Crews\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/541cee74283df37fa49d2bcdc94beca6.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-06T05:07:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/34f02a869ba60b78ae3d994f205e0d24\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/541cee74283df37fa49d2bcdc94beca6.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/541cee74283df37fa49d2bcdc94beca6.avif\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1005},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?p=1143#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Second Texas screwworm case confirmed as outbreak fears grow\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Reliable Moving Crews\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/34f02a869ba60b78ae3d994f205e0d24\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reliablemovingcrews.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Second Texas screwworm case confirmed as outbreak fears grow - Reliable Moving Crews","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Second Texas screwworm case confirmed as outbreak fears grow - Reliable Moving Crews","og_description":"A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm \u200bparasite was confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on \u200cFriday, emerging just miles from where the first U.S. detection in decades was reported this week.","og_url":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143","og_site_name":"Reliable Moving Crews","article_published_time":"2026-06-06T05:07:27+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/34f02a869ba60b78ae3d994f205e0d24"},"headline":"Second Texas screwworm case confirmed as outbreak fears grow","datePublished":"2026-06-06T05:07:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143"},"wordCount":433,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/541cee74283df37fa49d2bcdc94beca6.avif","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143","url":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143","name":"Second Texas screwworm case confirmed as outbreak fears grow - Reliable Moving Crews","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/541cee74283df37fa49d2bcdc94beca6.avif","datePublished":"2026-06-06T05:07:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/34f02a869ba60b78ae3d994f205e0d24"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/541cee74283df37fa49d2bcdc94beca6.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/541cee74283df37fa49d2bcdc94beca6.avif","width":1920,"height":1005},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1143#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Second Texas screwworm case confirmed as outbreak fears grow"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/","name":"Reliable Moving Crews","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/34f02a869ba60b78ae3d994f205e0d24","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com"],"url":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}