Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Florida hopes quarantine and irradiated flies stop screwworm

In this Oct. 10, 2016 photo, Rhonda Williams of Cudjoe Key, Fla., has her Yorkie named Riley examined by Natalie Wendling, a veterinarian with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, at a roadside checkpoint in Key Largo, Fla. Agriculture officials are checking all animals exiting the keys for signs of New World screwworm. The parasite has killed dozens of endangered deer in the Florida Keys and officials hope to stop screwworm from spreading to livestock and pets on the mainland. (AP Photo/ Jennifer Kay)KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A narrow ribbon of road linking the Florida Keys with the mainland is the front line in a renewed fight against maggots that can eat livestock and pets alive.


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