The Mexican livestock industry faces a health challenge due to the reappearance of the screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax), a parasite that affects warm-blooded animals, including cattle. Following the confirmation of a case in Catazajá, Chiapas, the United States temporarily suspended imports of Mexican cattle to prevent the spread of the plague. Mexican authorities, in collaboration with their U.S. counterparts, have implemented health inspection and control protocols, including preventive deworming and the release of sterile flies, with the goal of containing and eradicating the outbreak.
