screwworm

• “He oversaw a program to battle screwworm, the larvae of a fly that lays its eggs in the wounds of an animal.”

  The Washington Post: Norvan L. Meyer, USDA veterinarian

• “Self-sustaining screwworm populations were eliminated from the United States in 1966.”

  The Washington Post: Norvan L. Meyer, USDA veterinarian

• “The program used radiation to sterilize millions of screwworm flies.”

  The Washington Post: Norvan L. Meyer, USDA veterinarian

• “I jumped on Google to find out more about a screwworm spray the lodge staff had mentioned, and found that the product they were ready to spray on Buddy, Mata Bicheira (Portuguese for Bug Killer), is a dangerously strong organophosphate (chemical insecticide).”

  Dr. Lucy

• “The screwworm may make howler monkeys leery of fighting with each other over mates or territory.”

  Simon & Schuster: Parasite Rex

• “The fight might only be a minor scuffle, but if a monkey gets a scratch, a screwworm could make it the last scuffle it ever has.”

  Simon & Schuster: Parasite Rex

• “It has good resistance to ticks and screwworm, and can subsist on forage with a high roughage content.”

  1 Microcattle

• “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.”

  1 Introduction

• “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.”

  7 Health

• “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.”

  7 Health

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