silence7@slrpnk.net to NewsEnglish · 9 days agoFlesh-eating screwworm infection confirmed in South Texas, USDA says | With the case confirmed, it is the fly’s first breach of the US-Mexico border.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down11
arrow-up1355arrow-down1external-linkFlesh-eating screwworm infection confirmed in South Texas, USDA says | With the case confirmed, it is the fly’s first breach of the US-Mexico border.arstechnica.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to NewsEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squareRaphaelSchmitz@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoYeah but humans can and would do something about it. A cow gets a wound, the wound gets infected, and the larva make the wound bigger, probably leading to more even infection - while the cow has no way to deal with that.
It infects humans too 🙃
Yeah but humans can and would do something about it.
A cow gets a wound, the wound gets infected, and the larva make the wound bigger, probably leading to more even infection - while the cow has no way to deal with that.