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Arizona confirms first New World screwworm case in a dog
Arizona agriculture officials on Wednesday announced the state's first case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite once eradicated in the United States.[1, 2, 3 +1] The confirmed case was found in a domestic dog in Cochise County, which shares a border with Mexico, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture press release.[3] Arizona is the third U.S. state to confirm a case of the parasite.[1, 3, 4]
Newsweek reported the case marks the state's first in decades.[2] Forbes reported the detection is stoking fears for an already depleted cattle herd.[1]
Why it matters The detection makes Arizona the third U.S. state affected by the parasite, which officials fear threatens an already depleted cattle herd.[1, 3]
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