Mexico collaborates with Central America to stop the cattle screwworm

2000Agro/Redacción With the objective of strengthening the veterinary systems of Central American countries to deal with the cattle screwworm (GBG) and thereby prevent the entry and spread of the pest in national territory, specialized personnel from the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) trains and collaborates permanently with the health authorities of Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Belize. The support that Mexico provides to Central America, through the National Service of Health, Safety and Food Quality (Senasica), aims to reduce the populations of the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly (man-eating fly) in Nicaragua and gradually push it back to the south of Panama, with the purpose of preventing its larvae, the GBG, from putting livestock production in the region at risk. Achieving the eradication of the screwworm from cattle in Central America benefits us all and requires the work and commitment of all countries in the ...