# America’s Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating Worms

> A long-form feature recounts the history of the New World screwworm, a parasite that once killed millions of dollars of US cattle a year before eradication. It describes the 2016 outbreak that struck deer in the Florida Keys and the eradication program's history.

- Date: 2021-08-13 · published 2021-08-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45516-america-s-never-ending-battle-against-flesh-eating-worms
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A screwworm resurgence in US livestock would raise animal health costs and could restrict cattle movements, but the article is historical background with no new outbreak in the US cited.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2020-05-26 | [The 'Wall' That Keeps Flesh-Eating Worms Out of America - The Atlantic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53078-the-wall-that-keeps-flesh-eating-worms-out-of-america-the-atlantic.md) | -0.3% | -8.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-07-20 | [Keeping countries free from flesh-eating worms - Gene Drive Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52053-keeping-countries-free-from-flesh-eating-worms-gene-drive-network.md) | -0.8% | +4.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-08-05 | [Costa Rica Battles Cattle Screwworm Outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34505-costa-rica-battles-cattle-screwworm-outbreak.md) | +0.4% | -0.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-03-28 | [USDA urged to ramp up efforts against New World screwworm - Texas Farm Bureau](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25523-usda-urged-to-ramp-up-efforts-against-new-world-screwworm-texas-farm-bureau.md) | -0.5% | +0.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-07-31 | [New World Screw Worm returns to Central America \| Amandala Newspaper](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29216-new-world-screw-worm-returns-to-central-america-amandala-newspaper.md) | -1.7% | -3.2% |

## Sources

- pitchstonewaters.com: https://www.pitchstonewaters.com/americas-never-ending-battle-against-flesh-eating-worms/

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