Map (highlights added) and headline: The Texas Tribune, 6/8/2026
Jayme Lozano Carver reports:
Three more cases of the New World screwworm were confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to five.
One new case is in Andrews County, nearly 400 miles north of Zavala County, where the first case was reported last week. The two new cases are in different animals. In La Salle County, about 80 miles northwest of Zavala, a calf has been infected. In Andrews County, a veterinarian submitted the samples from an infested dog. According to the Andrews Veterinary Clinic, the case was seen on Saturday, and neither the dog nor its owner is local to Andrews. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, a USDA service, said the dog is from a household in Lea County, New Mexico, making it the state’s first screwworm case.
The APHIS said the dog’s travel history and exposure history is unknown. The USDA is inspecting additional animals in the household and increases outreach.
The third case is in a goat out of Gillespie County, about 170 miles north of Zavala County.
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