What is being done in Mexico to eradicate the cattle screwworm?

Published 2024년 12월 10일

Tridge summary

A webinar was conducted by Anetif, USDA, and IICA to address the cattle screwworm (GBG) issue in Mexico and Central America. The webinar covered identification, prevention, and management strategies for GBG, emphasizing the importance of land-based work to reduce fly breeding sites. The economic impact of GBG was highlighted, affecting multiple species and costing over $413 million for control and eradication. The project "Training in Risk Management and Communication for the Prevention, Control and Eradication of New World GBG in CA," running until June 2026, aims to strengthen capacities in GBG management and develop resources for prevention and control.
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Original content

Shortly before the second case of the cattle screwworm (GBG) was announced in Mexico, in Frontera Hidalgo, Chiapas, while there are 13 cases in Guatemala, 52 in Honduras, and 5,555 in Nicaragua, the National Association of TIF Establishments, A.C. (Anetif), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) held another webinar on the identification of GBG, how to prevent it, and the measures to implement in its presence. Although 52 years ago, the panacea that gave rise to a campaign in the United States of America to eradicate the maggot was the release of sterile flies, because the maggot is deposited in the wound of a warm-blooded animal by a fly, and then also becomes one, “the work done on land is much more important than the release of the fly, because first we have to lower the incidence of the presence of the fly, and then, think about the release of the sterile fly with an eradication mechanism,” ...
Source: Agromeat

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