Two of Texas A&M’s Life Science experts were on the frontlines of Florida’s 2016 New World screwworm eradication efforts. Their lessons learned are now helping shape science-based outreach, surveillance and containment strategies in Texas.
During the Florida outbreak, the work of Roel Lopez, Ph.D., Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences director of the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute and head of the Texas A&M Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, and Phillip Kaufman, Ph.D., head of the Department of Entomology, offers critical insight into what’s at stake and how early action can make a difference.
The outbreak impacted one of the state’s iconic and federally endangered wildlife species — the Key deer.
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