德克萨斯州警告边境附近的螺丝虫威胁, 在新的无菌飞机设施中. Texas warns of screwworm threat near border amid new sterile fly facility.

德克萨斯州农业局长西德·米勒在发现墨西哥新世界螺丝虫病例后发出警告,距离德克薩斯边境仅60英里. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller issued a warning following the detection of a New World screwworm case in Mexico, just 60 miles from the Texas border. 官员们敦促加强监督和边境协调, 以防止这种害虫威胁到该州的畜牧业. Officials are urging increased surveillance and border coordination to prevent the pest from threatening the state's livestock industry. 美国农业部在德克萨斯州的爱丁堡开设了一家新的无菌生产设施, 以扩大国内对抗这种虫害的努力. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture broke ground on a new sterile fly production facility in Edinburg, Texas, to expand domestic efforts to combat the infestation.