The program used radiation to sterilize millions of screwworm flies. From Wordnik.com. [Norvan L. Meyer, USDA veterinarian] Reference
Self-sustaining screwworm populations were eliminated from the United States in 1966. From Wordnik.com. [Norvan L. Meyer, USDA veterinarian] Reference
It has good resistance to ticks and screwworm, and can subsist on forage with a high roughage content. From Wordnik.com. [1 Microcattle] Reference
He oversaw a program to battle screwworm, the larvae of a fly that lays its eggs in the wounds of an animal. From Wordnik.com. [Norvan L. Meyer, USDA veterinarian] Reference
Although the buffalo fly (Siphona exigua) affects the animals, other pests such as the warble fly and the screwworm, for example, seldom affect healthy buffaloes. From Wordnik.com. [1 Introduction] Reference
screwworm - Larvae of the screwworm fly (Callitroge species), a major pest of livestock in Central and South America and some other tropical areas, do not affect adult water buffalo. From Wordnik.com. [7 Health] Reference
In Venezuelan areas where cattle (Zebu type) are severely infested, adult water buffaloes are virtually free of screwworm larvae and the umbilicus of newborn calves seldom if ever becomes infected. From Wordnik.com. [7 Health] Reference
Panama was the most recent country that eradicated the screwworm in 2006. From Wordnik.com. [Jamaica Information Service] Reference
This powder, which is provided free of cost, can be used to prevent and treat screwworm infestations. From Wordnik.com. [Jamaica Information Service] Reference
Comparison of screwworm captures in liver - and swormlure-baited traps in a tropical area of southern Mexico. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
He says that field workers at times have to treat screwworm wounds in these animals with the help of neighbours. From Wordnik.com. [Jamaica Information Service] Reference
The screwworm fly is an insect that produces the maggots that feed on the wounds of warm-blooded animals (including humans). From Wordnik.com. [Jamaica Information Service] Reference
Researchers drew up a strategy based on the U.S. cattle industry's success in using sterile males flies to get rid of the screwworm. From Wordnik.com. [Statesman - AP Sports] Reference
Fewer flies, in turn, mean fewer insecticide applications to protect livestock, especially those with open wounds, where screwworm larvae feed. From Wordnik.com. [High Plains Journal: Ag News] Reference
Over the past two months, however, screwworm flies have spread from al-Mahwit and are now moving west into al-Hudeidah Governorate and north into Hajjah Governorate, he said. From Wordnik.com. [IRIN] Reference
Using a genetic element called a "piggyBac transposon" as a vector, the researchers introduced a green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene into the genomes of eight screwworm strains. From Wordnik.com. [High Plains Journal: Ag News] Reference
Sterile Insect Release, and I have an agricultural question related to the latter: aside from screwworm and medfly, has it been used successfully on other agricultural insect pests?. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog] Reference
Mansour al-Qadasi, director-general of the GDAHVQ, said the screwworm fly, which causes myiasis, thrives in mild conditions with a specific level of humidity, preferring areas with plants. From Wordnik.com. [IRIN] Reference
He made it clear that more than eight field teams fighting the screwworm disease in the governorate are carrying out their duties in villages and districts of Melhan, Bani Sa'ad, al-Khabt, al-Mahweet and Hufash, the most affected areas. From Wordnik.com. [Yemen RSS News Feed - Yemen Times] Reference
Widespread of screwworm disease affection among animals, especially monkeys, in the governorate has led to death of hundreds of cattle in the governorate, said director of epidemic surveillance in Mahweet agricultural office Ahmad al-Hasibi. From Wordnik.com. [Yemen RSS News Feed - Yemen Times] Reference
Pioneered by ARS entomologists nearly 55 years ago, the SIT is a cornerstone of eradication programs implemented worldwide to control not only the screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax, but also the Mediterranean fruit fly, tsetse fly and other insect pests. From Wordnik.com. [High Plains Journal: Ag News] Reference
The prospect of baconless travel bored into Finch’s mind like a screwworm, so painfully that he was moved to make a comment. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
A dirty environment is one of the factors responsible for the spread of the screwworm fly, according to experts SANAA, 11 January 2009 (IRIN) - The General Department for Animal Health and Veterinary Quarantine (GDAHVQ) in Yemen's Ministry of Agriculture has deployed 21 field teams in the northeast to combat a new outbreak of myiasis, an infestation of human or animal tissue with fly larvae (maggots). near the border with Saudi Arabia in December 2007. From Wordnik.com. [IRIN] Reference
Is it an homage to the screwworm?. From Wordnik.com. [Vice Squad : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference
Because of the high temperature, last summer the screwworm moved into the versants of al-Mahwit's mountains, where the weather was temperate, "he told IRIN, adding that pesticide use in the area had played a role in combating the infestation. From Wordnik.com. [IRIN] Reference
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