{"id":2165,"date":"2026-09-11T09:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:10:27","slug":"information-on-new-world-screwworm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/2026\/09\/information-on-new-world-screwworm\/","title":{"rendered":"Information on New World Screwworm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources has published an important update on the return of New World screwworm (<em>Cochliomyia hominivorax<\/em>) to the United States.<br><br>New World Screwworm is a serious livestock and wildlife concern because, unlike ordinary blowflies, the larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals. This includes livestock, pets, and wildlife. <br><br>Georgia currently has no confirmed cases, but Georgia livestock owners should remain vigilant, particularly when moving animals from affected areas. Producers should regularly inspect animals for wounds that are not healing normally, unusual odors, or signs of discomfort.<br><br><strong>Read the full UGA Warnell article:<\/strong> <em>The Return of the New World Screwworm<\/em> by Marcelo Jorge and Michael Yabsley.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/warnelloutreach.org\/wildlife\/the-return-of-the-new-world-screwworm\/\">The Return of the New World Screwworm &#8211; Warnell Outreach<\/a><br><br>Source: UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources has published an important update on the return of New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) to the United States. New World Screwworm is a serious livestock and wildlife concern because, unlike ordinary blowflies, the larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals. This includes livestock, pets, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":576,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,163],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-2165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-livestock","category-wildlife","tag-tattnall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/576"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2165"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2169,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165\/revisions\/2169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}