By Cassandra Garrison, Heather Schlitz and Leah Douglas LA PRYOR, Texas/MEXICO CITY, June 5 (Reuters) - A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday,

Texas has established a 12-mile quarantine zone around a calf that was infested by a New World screwworm in La Pryor.

New World screwworm larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, creating severe wounds that can be fatal if left untreated.

After a screwworm infestation was confirmed in a South Texas calf, officials launched an aggressive effort to prevent the parasite from spreading in the nation’s largest cattle-producing state.

USDA officials detected Texas’ second case of the the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that poses major threats to the state’s multibillion-dollar cattle industry.

A second case of the deadly New World screwworm parasite has been confirmed in a Texas calf, the US Department of Agriculture said.

The first human case of the flesh-eating parasite new world screwworm has been detected in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services said early Monday. The case, related to a person who had recently traveled to El Salvador, was ...

The flies pose a threat the state's $17 billion cattle industry and can infest any warm-blooded animals, including wildlife and pets.