By Leah Douglas
WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday that the USDA believes it can contain a case of New World screwworm in Texas, the first case in the state since 1966.
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“We do not believe this will be an infestation. We’ll be able to isolate each case,” Rollins said during testimony before the House Agriculture Committee.
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“We’ve got the teams on the ground ready to go,” she added.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday confirmed a screwworm case in a calf in La Pryor, Texas, a town about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of the U.S.-Mexico border. A screwworm outbreak could deal an economic blow to the U.S. cattle industry.
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(Reporting by Leah Douglas in Washington, Editing by Franklin Paul)
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