Flesh-Eating Screwworm Spreads Outside Texas as More Cases Detected

Cattle stand behind a fence in Hamilton, Texas, on June 5, 2026. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that a fifth New World screwworm case had been reported in a Texas goat during a joint news conference with Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday in Kerrville.

The latest case was in Gillespie County, near Fredericksburg, Texas, which is farther away from the border than previous Texas cases. The news came just hours after two other cases were reported, one involving a calf in Texas and the other a dog in New Mexico.