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Texas Ranchers on Edge After Screwworm Parasite Detected in Calf

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By Heather Schlitz
LA PRYOR, Texas, June 5 (Reuters) – The quiet Texas cattle ⁠town ⁠of La Pryor has become ground ⁠zero in the fight against screwworm after the first U.S. case in decades was detected ​there, prompting a livestock quarantine and put… [2697 chars]

Source: U.S. News & World Report | Published: 2026-06-05T17:10:00Z

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