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The Smell You’ll Never Forget: An Animal Infested with New World Screwworm

By Abbey Canon

The image, the smell, the emotions: five cattle producers and veterinarians from around the world share their first-hand experience with New World screwworm.

“The stench it’s like roadkill stewed in infection,” explains Jose Santiago Gallardo Espinosa, a cattle producer from Chiriqui, Panama, describing an animal that has been infected with New World screwworm (NWS). “You’ll smell it before you see it.”

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