Veterinary professionals and rescue organizations are delivering critical supplies, providing medical care, and helping ...

Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...

Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...

Screwworms aren’t a problem in Texas yet, and Gov. Greg Abbott is taking steps to make sure it stays that way. Gov. Abbott ...

The New World screwworm is posing a serious threat to Texas livestock, the beef industry, and the broader state economy.

Texas agencies are ganging up on a bad, bad worm. According to a release, the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks ...

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Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday he is directing the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to form the Texas New World Screwworm Response Team.

Texas has seen a record number of chronic wasting disease cases this year. The state is looking for new ways to contain the spread without driving deer breeders out of business.

How many chickens is too many? This isn't the start of a joke, but rather a question that neighbors and officials are going ...

Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Animal Health Commission and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to develop a ...

The New World screwworm, eradicated in the United States in the 1960s, could again pose a threat to Texas livestock, the beef ...