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andsoitisyesterday at 6:55 PM1 replyview on HN

” Now, after being eradicated from the US since the early 1980s and largely forgotten, top veterinarians expect the screwworm could be back as soon as the summer. More than 950 cases have been reported in Mexico so far this year, including one within miles of a livestock checkpoint in Chiapas. A resurgence in the US would have devastating consequences for farm animals and wildlife”


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e40yesterday at 7:02 PM

I was surprised to learn recently that we import a LOT of cattle. It's the reason many other countries will not take US beef, because the provenance of our beef isn't as precise as it needs to be, for those foreign consumer laws.

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