This is one of those instances where you actually look at the government as your friend. We are all on the same team in this one. Well, at least the boots on the ground fighters are. If you see a case in your livestock, report it. If you are in a quarantine zone, work within the rules. They aren't really overly burdensome. Everyone has to do their part. That includes ignoring all the noise and panic out on the interweb and simply watching your livestock, doctoring when needed, reporting when needed, and following quarantine rules when needed. The guys working this on the government side are real people that are working for real resolution. Ignore the politicians. They are blowhards trying to get political points. Half the guys working this on the government side are fellow Aggies. Listen to them and work with them. Get real information and not internet information.

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This is one of those instances where you actually look at the government as your friend. We are all on the same team in this one. Well, at least the boots on the ground fighters are. If you see a case in your livestock, report it. If you are in a quarantine zone, work within the rules. They aren't really overly burdensome. Everyone has to do their part. That includes ignoring all the noise and panic out on the interweb and simply watching your livestock, doctoring when needed, reporting when needed, and following quarantine rules when needed. The guys working this on the government side are real people that are working for real resolution. Ignore the politicians. They are blowhards trying to get political points. Half the guys working this on the government side are fellow Aggies. Listen to them and work with them. Get real information and not internet information.

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This deserves all the blue stars.

Solid post.

We've dealt the fever tick a few years and even though I'm a couple miles in the green - lots of my friends are behind the line and I've lived it through them. It just means a few steps and inconveniences - but if respected they will pay off. It's like the boll weevil - only through cooperation will there ever be eradication.

I am beside myself that our Commisioner would suggest otherwise.

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SanAntoneAg said:

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Add Tom Green County to the list.

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Crap... That is north of the ranch...

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We should all pretty much figure they are AT or ranches at this point.

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Dipped and vaccinated Dectomax today to move cattle into the tick quarantine zone. Ear tags and one umbilical sprayed.
Tick rider said that along the river we are in the safest place around. Hey have been dropping flies trying to create a buffer zone . They are a bit baffled how the flies seemed to jump the barrier area.

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Not enough sterile flies

Sorry but the flies thing was happening before DOGE existed .nit yet in US but coming.

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Tecolote said:

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Deerdude said:

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Dipped and vaccinated Dectomax today to move cattle into the tick quarantine zone. Ear tags and one umbilical sprayed.
Tick rider said that along the river we are in the safest place around. Hey have been dropping flies trying to create a buffer zone . They are a bit baffled how the flies seemed to jump the barrier area.

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Not enough sterile flies

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A government agency spending $300 million in taxpayer dollars to produce sterilized flies sounds like a dream scenario for a DOGE team looking to cut waste, fraud, and abuse. https://t.co/3lGn15PndO

— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) June 24, 2025

Elon and his crew are responsible yet won't get any blame.

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Dude, it's not even difficult to find the actual timeline information; do better.

The biological barrier in Panama that had contained the New World screwworm for decades was breached in 2022.

The parasite re-emerged in Panama and Costa Rica in 2022, marking the first time in years that the sterile insect technique barrier failed.

This breach allowed the flies to move northward through Central America and into Mexico, where they were eventually detected in Chiapas in November 2024.

The pest subsequently crossed into the United States, with the first confirmed U.S. case detected in South Texas in June 2026.


I swear to God, some of you people have two brain cells and they are fighting for 3rd place in your head.

It is moving because something has changed about how host animals are moving. Has the infection started moving in a migratory bird population? Did rulescon livestock transportation get very lax north of the old barrier zone for the decades it was suppressed and contained? Is it moving with human migrations (and their pets) north when we had the flood of illegals immigration caravans during this same time period? It may be difficult to determine but stopping it from recurring will require finding out.

My thought is that the density of host animals is a lot higher than it used to be and that means a higher parasite density and that means more sterile males are required than before.

Crisis averted!

Have a couple hundred head of ewes to hit with injectable dectomax this morning. Got them in the pens around 7:15 am and asked my dad where the meds were. He thought I picked it up last week and I thought he picked it up. Called our feed store and got the last two 500 ml bottles they had left in stock.

I think my innitial reaction is Texas has become a large hobbiest cattle state in the last 20 years. So many smaller plots where absentee owners place a dozen head for a tax break. NWSW has the potential to run rampant in this environment.

And the large ranchers have had the luxury to not need hands "riding" the herd like will be needed if this starts to get out hand. There will be a huge shortage of labor and a large in crease in costs that I don't see a solution to without the State and Feds getting a handle on this quickly.

Haven't delved in deeply but I'm hearing it's much more north than reported. People on the ground that still remember the first time are freaking out. Guess my summer is screwed

Recent rains are not helping. My dad's cattle weren't coming to his calls because there's too much to eat in the brush. He went through it in the 60's. He said they doctored newborn calves non stop. Didn't lose any cattle but it was a lot of work.

MouthBQ98 said:

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It is moving because something has changed about how host animals are moving. Has the infection started moving in a migratory bird population? Did rulescon livestock transportation get very lax north of the old barrier zone for the decades it was suppressed and contained? Is it moving with human migrations (and their pets) north when we had the flood of illegals immigration caravans during this same time period? It may be difficult to determine but stopping it from recurring will require finding out.

My thought is that the density of host animals is a lot higher than it used to be and that means a higher parasite density and that means more sterile males are required than before.

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Look up the black market cattle industry in Mexico. Cattle crosses the southern border. Unchecked. Unregistered. Unrestricted. You also have accompanying animals in the massive human hoards. It simply overwhelmed the Darien Gap and surged northward