Mexico barred from sending cattle to US over flesh-eating pest

The US Secretary of Agriculture has announced ports volition beryllium closed to the livestock commercialized astatine the confederate borderline aft Mexican cattle tested affirmative for the flesh-eating New World screwworm (NWS). "We indispensable spot further advancement combatting NWS successful Veracruz and different adjacent Mexican states successful bid to reopen livestock ports on the Southern border," the authoritative said.