THE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), confirmed on Monday (8) two more cases of New World blowfly (NWS) in the state of Texas. The new detections involve a calf in La Salle County and a dog in Andrews County. According to the USDAInvestigations into the case involving the pet are still ongoing. "Details about this case will be released as soon as they are available, but initial reports indicate that the dog was recently in Mexico," the source reported. APHIS In a statement, the US has now recorded four cases of the plague since last week. Of these, three were identified in cattle and one in a dog.

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