screwworms

That is, until our cattle come down with screwworms and our kids with rabies.

Vet's view: Importing pets brings risks for all of us 2011

Mammals are continually assaulted by parasites—by lice, fleas, ticks, botflies, screwworms, and warbleflies—that suck blood or lay their eggs in the skin.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

These were screwworms, maggots that burrow into healthy tissue.

Dr. Lucy 2009

Mammals are continually assaulted by parasites—by lice, fleas, ticks, botflies, screwworms, and warbleflies—that suck blood or lay their eggs in the skin.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Mammals are continually assaulted by parasites—by lice, fleas, ticks, botflies, screwworms, and warbleflies—that suck blood or lay their eggs in the skin.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

It's got man-boobs, screwworms, and kumatos, so you don't want to miss it.

The Panda's Thumb: September 2007 Archives 2007

Now, some of the projects you may find the most shocking is $102 million to study screwworms, $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole, and $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in, where else, California.

CNN Transcript Mar 16, 2005 2005

Mention of screwworms at a moment of such solemnity made everyone queasy, even Call, for they had all seen the dreadful putrefaction that resulted when screwworms infested a deer or a cow.

Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997

Mention of screwworms at a moment of such solemnity made everyone queasy, even Call, for they had all seen the dreadful putrefaction that resulted when screwworms infested a deer or a cow.

Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997

Mention of screwworms at a moment of such solemnity made everyone queasy, even Call, for they had all seen the dreadful putrefaction that resulted when screwworms infested a deer or a cow.

Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997