USDA在发现威胁牲畜的新世界害虫后,限制从墨西哥进口。 USDA restricts imports from Mexico after detection of livestock-threatening New World screwworm.
墨西哥于2024年11月22日通知美国农业部在恰帕斯母牛体内检测到新世界螺丝虫(NWS)。 Mexico alerted the USDA on Nov. 22, 2024, of New World screwworm (NWS) detection in a Chiapas cow. 能够感染热血动物的幼虫 对牲畜构成威胁 NWS, fly larvae that infect warm-blooded animals, pose a threat to livestock. 作为回应,美国农业部的APHIS限制从墨西哥进口动物产品,并正在与墨西哥和中美洲伙伴合作,防止核武器国家扩散到美国。 APHIS还加强了监督与合作,以管理核武器国家重新进入美国的风险。 In response, USDA's APHIS restricted imports of animal products from Mexico and is working with Mexican and Central American partners to prevent NWS spread into the U.S. APHIS has also strengthened surveillance and cooperation to manage the risk of re-introduction of NWS into the U.S.