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“Screwworm is dangerously close”: Flesh-eating parasites just 70 miles from US
The detection was along a heavily trafficked commercial thoroughfare, USDA says.
On Sunday, Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) confirmed the closest NWS case so far, in Sabinas Hidalgo, located in the state of Nuevo León, less than 70 miles from the US-Mexico border. According to the US Department of Agriculture, SENASICA reported that the infected animal— an 8-month-old cow—had recently been moved to a certified feedlot in Nuevo León from a region in southern Mexico with known active NWS cases. In addition to the proximity, the USDA highlighted that "Sabinas Hidalgo is located near the major highway from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, to Laredo, Texas, which is one of the most heavily trafficked commercial thoroughfares in the world."
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