Screw worm warning!

[hoff1ck]

It’s going to be harder on Wildlife then livestock, it’s easier to control calving timing and fly control on livestock then wildlife. A lot of the drugs out have a 5 day effective coverage. It’s alot easier to call up livestock and feed medicated cubes once a week then wildlife

100%, was just speaking in terms of what it’ll do to beef pricing. I’m in Michigan so quite a ways north, but the general effect on wildlife is a huge concern. The whole thing is a mess though.

 

[Tick]

Yeah but they also don’t just fly over 100 miles and then pick a cow to to infect, they’re likely getting moved around on cows or there’s already wildlife infected in the areas with infected cattle.

The area from Del Rio to Laredo had several severe fast moving storms in mid to late May. The storms moved E and NE from Mexico bringing 7 inches of rain and pushing 60+ mph winds. 8 months of extreme drought prior to that. How far can a fly be carried with 60mph winds? Nature is a tough thing to fight.

Sterile flies have also been deployed in border counties since February. Possible reason for no confirmations in those counties and popping in the neighbor counties.

 

[Reburn]

Yeah but they also don’t just fly over 100 miles and then pick a cow to to infect, they’re likely getting moved around on cows or there’s already wildlife infected in the areas with infected cattle.

Or there is just more cases out there then that have been reported. I suspect both are true, but its not illegal to move livestock until they list your ranch as an infected zone.