# New year, old pests: Fever tick and screwworm - Department of Animal Science

> Texas A&M outlines the USDA fever tick eradication program and the permanent quarantine zone along the Rio Grande, where cattle must be treated before leaving. It also covers the screwworm threat to livestock in the region.

- Date: 2017-03-10 · published 2017-03-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71963-new-year-old-pests-fever-tick-and-screwworm-department-of-animal-science
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Tick and screwworm controls restrict cattle movement from the border zone, which can tighten local feeder supplies but has little effect on national prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2018-06-08 | [Quarantine Quandary, Update on the Texas Cattle Fever Ticks - Department of Animal Science](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64465-quarantine-quandary-update-on-the-texas-cattle-fever-ticks-department-of-animal.md) | +0.8% | -2.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-11-24 | [Mexico Notifies United States of New World Screwworm Detection \| Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27344-mexico-notifies-united-states-of-new-world-screwworm-detection-animal-and-plant.md) | +1.6% | +3.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-04-20 | [Beef cattle producers must be vigilant to mitigate herd health risks - Department of Animal Science](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71452-beef-cattle-producers-must-be-vigilant-to-mitigate-herd-health-risks-department.md) | +3.0% | +1.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-09-22 | [Mexico Confirms Case of New World Screwworm in Nuevo Leon \| Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22806-mexico-confirms-case-of-new-world-screwworm-in-nuevo-leon-animal-and-plant.md) | -0.8% | +0.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-02-27 | [The National Directorate of Animal Health, in response to the unusual increase in cases of New World Screwworm in the Province of Darién, announces – COPEG](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37274-the-national-directorate-of-animal-health-in-response-to-the-unusual-increase.md) | +0.9% | +0.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-06-08 | [Quarantine Quandary, Update on the Texas Cattle Fever Ticks - Department of Animal Science](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64465-quarantine-quandary-update-on-the-texas-cattle-fever-ticks-department-of-animal.md) | -1.6% | +4.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-11-24 | [Mexico Notifies United States of New World Screwworm Detection \| Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27344-mexico-notifies-united-states-of-new-world-screwworm-detection-animal-and-plant.md) | +1.0% | +0.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-04-20 | [Beef cattle producers must be vigilant to mitigate herd health risks - Department of Animal Science](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71452-beef-cattle-producers-must-be-vigilant-to-mitigate-herd-health-risks-department.md) | +0.8% | +2.4% |

## Sources

- animalscience.tamu.edu: https://animalscience.tamu.edu/department-updates/new-year-old-pests-fever-tick-and-screwworm/

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