PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Arizona Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday afternoon the state’s first screwworm case, found in a dog living on a ranch in Cochise County.
According to the CDC, New World screwworm (NWS), or Cochliomyia hominivorax, is a species of parasitic fly that completes part of its lifecycle by feeding on the tissue or flesh of warm-blooded animals and people.
NWS is typically found in South America and parts of the Caribbean. However, the fly has steadily moved northward from South America through every country in Central America, Mexico, and the United States since 2023…