The funding announced today bolsters USDA's work in Mexico and Central America to stop the spread of NWS from moving north in Mexico, further protecting the United States through surveillance, animal health checkpoints and domestic preparedness, and by working with partners in Mexico and Central America to establish a barrier on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, eradicate NWS from the affected areas, and reestablish the biological barrier in Panama.
USDA Approves Emergency Funding to Protect U.S. Livestock and Animals from New World Screwworm