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Screw Worm

Posted on 6/16/26 at 8:39 am
Posted by MuleSkinner
Poverty Hollow
Member since Oct 2020
31 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 8:39 am
Anyone old enough to remember we have delt with them before? We had these pests back in the 50's and 60,s and used a technique called S.I.T. Looks like we need to revisit that info.

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Posted by theballguy
HSV (Dealing only in satire)
Member since Oct 2011
38829 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 8:41 am to
No, not that ancient thank God.
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
11294 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 9:03 am to
Biden's Covid shut down, shutdown the very effective S.I.T. facility in Panama for a year releasing the vermin into central america
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
78721 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 9:04 am to
Everything I've read says ivermectin deals with it. End of story.
Posted by JellyRoll
Member since Apr 2024
2137 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 9:22 am to
Who suspects Bill Gates reintroduced the screw worm and other ones, to make his fake meat more marketable.


Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
52266 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 9:32 am to
I talked about this, yesterday, with my in-laws in Utah. They only have about 120 head of Black Angus, but their cattle are selling for a much higher price now as a result of the screw worm issue.
Posted by TigerAxeOK
In the woods and by the waters.
Member since Dec 2016
38592 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 10:15 am to
quote:

Anyone old enough to remember we have delt with them before? 

I'm old enough that I remember talking to Oklahoma ranchers who remember the issue. I grew up around a lot of cattle ranchers and their memories are generational.

TX knows how to deal with these problems and they're already all over it, releasing sterile males into the population. They've done this kind of thing with other parasite-and-disease-carrying pests before too, and it's effective.

Meanwhile, Bill Gates is still funding the drop-boxes of billions of infected ticks all across the Midwest and Plains. Alpha Gal and Lyme! Yay! Never forget your DEET. Practice controlled burns. Get yourself some chickens and guineas.
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
82983 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 10:22 am to
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Screw Worm


I have one.
Posted by WeeWee
Member since Aug 2012
45804 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 10:23 am to
quote:

Screw Worm


Did Worm consent to this action?
Posted by BTROleMisser
Murica'
Member since Nov 2017
15016 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 3:49 pm to
quote:


No, not that ancient thank God.


You will be before you know it, whippersnapper. It happens real fast.
Posted by BTROleMisser
Murica'
Member since Nov 2017
15016 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 3:50 pm to
quote:


quote:
Screw Worm


I have one.


Posted by Tiger Pants 318
Member since Jan 2022
102 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 4:04 pm to
I work with some ranchers who say that the last Screw Worm outbreak made for some really good cowboys. I guess the only way to stay on top of it was to stay in the saddle and check the herd constantly. There was apparently this ointment stuff that you could apply to the cattle that helped that smelled like hell. All the old cowboys I've spoken to said they can still smell it!

Unfortunately, this outbreak was not a surprise. You can even go back to Secretary Rollin's press conferences from a year ago announcing this and that as screw worm mitigation efforts. None of those came to fruition and the eradication method of releasing sterilized flies has been stuck for over a year. The USDA guy who went down to Mexico to assess the situation last summer came back and raised the red flag and was fired pretty soon after. This whole deal has put the cattlemen at odds with Secretary Rollins. Unusual dynamic for a USDA Secretary from Texas!
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
27026 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 4:25 pm to
Used to see them in Alabama in the mid-1960's. Knew they were nasty creatures then too. They were pretty in their own way though all shiny and colorfull.

Posted by Sweep Da Leg
Member since Sep 2013
4129 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 4:25 pm to
quote:

You will be before you know it, whippersnapper. It happens real fast.


It really does unfortunately. I wake up thinking I’m younger or just unaware of my older age and then I’m quickly reminded when I move to get out of bed and everything hurts. Sucks
Posted by theballguy
HSV (Dealing only in satire)
Member since Oct 2011
38829 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 6:04 pm to
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You will be before you know it, whippersnapper. It happens real fast.



I don't doubt it. I'm already feeling some of it. I'm in my late 50's
Posted by Ag Zwin
Member since Mar 2016
26472 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 6:14 pm to
I thought Rodman had done something to piss off the PoliBoard.

I am disappoint.
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