美国正在德克萨斯建造第一个无菌苍蝇设施,每周生产数以百万计的无菌苍蝇,防止致命的牲畜病虫害复发。 The U.S. is building its first sterile fly facility in Texas to produce millions of sterile flies weekly and prevent a deadly livestock pest from returning.

美国农业部和陆军工兵团已签订合同,在得克萨斯州爱丁堡摩尔空军基地新建一个无菌苍蝇设施,这是美国首个此类设施,目的是促进国内无菌的新世界螺丝蝇的生产。 The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Army Corps of Engineers have awarded a contract to build a new sterile fly facility at Moore Air Base in Edinburg, Texas—the first of its kind in the U.S.—to boost domestic production of sterile New World Screwworm flies. 该设施原定于2026年开工,目标是在2027年11月前每周生产1亿只无菌苍蝇,长期目标是每周生产3亿只无菌苍蝇。 The facility, set to break ground in 2026, aims to produce 100 million sterile flies weekly by November 2027, with a long-term goal of 300 million per week. 它将支持防止害虫再次出现的努力,这些害虫威胁牲畜和公共卫生,利用已证实的催眠昆虫技术。 It will support efforts to prevent the re-emergence of the pest, which threatens livestock and public health, using the proven Sterile Insect Technique. 该项目补充了墨西哥和巴拿马的升级设施,是加强国家农业防卫和减少对外国生产依赖的更广泛战略的一部分。 The project complements upgraded facilities in Mexico and Panama, part of a broader strategy to strengthen national agricultural defense and reduce reliance on foreign production.