# Keeping countries free from flesh-eating worms - Gene Drive Network

> An article recounts the decades-long US effort to eradicate the screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, using sterilized male flies released via radiation. Weekly aerial drops of 14.7 million sterilized screwworms now form a barrier over the Panama-Colombia border.

- Date: 2020-07-20 · published 2020-07-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52053-keeping-countries-free-from-flesh-eating-worms-gene-drive-network
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Screwworm control keeps cattle movements and exports open; an outbreak would restrict livestock trade and tighten cattle supplies, supporting feeder and live cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- 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 | 2021-08-13 | [America’s Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating Worms](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45516-america-s-never-ending-battle-against-flesh-eating-worms.md) | -0.1% | +1.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-12-11 | [Contact - The Lethbridge Herald - News and Sports from around Lethbridge - USDA Unveils $100 Million 'Grand Challenge' to Thwart Flesh-Eating Screwworm as Threat Reaches U.S. Border](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67441-contact-the-lethbridge-herald-news-and-sports-from-around-lethbridge-usda.md) | +0.1% | +2.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-03-06 | [Boston Herald - Boston news, sports, politics, opinion, entertainment, weather and obituaries - USDA Unveils $100 Million 'Grand Challenge' to Thwart Flesh-Eating Screwworm as Threat Reaches U.S. Border](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60056-boston-herald-boston-news-sports-politics-opinion-entertainment-weather-and.md) | -0.9% | -1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-12-19 | [USDA allocates $165M to protect livestock from New World screwworm \| Agriculture Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26913-usda-allocates-165m-to-protect-livestock-from-new-world-screwworm-agriculture.md) | +0.5% | +3.6% |
| FCATTLE | 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) | +5.7% | +2.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-12-11 | [Contact - The Lethbridge Herald - News and Sports from around Lethbridge - USDA Unveils $100 Million 'Grand Challenge' to Thwart Flesh-Eating Screwworm as Threat Reaches U.S. Border](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67441-contact-the-lethbridge-herald-news-and-sports-from-around-lethbridge-usda.md) | +1.7% | +0.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-03-29 | [Import Alert: New World Screwworm Restrictions for Animal Commodities Originating from or Transiting Nicaragua](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31161-import-alert-new-world-screwworm-restrictions-for-animal-commodities.md) | -4.1% | +0.4% |

## Sources

- genedrivenetwork.org: https://genedrivenetwork.org/blog/keeping-countries-free-from-flesh-eating-worms/

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