Maggot therapy is a wound healing technique in which healthcare professionals apply medical grade maggots to dead or infected tissue to keep the wound clean. It is also known as larval therapy.

Fearing a resurgence of the New World Screwworm parasite in the U.S., the Department of Agriculture block livestock imports from Mexico.

Redwings, a Norfolk-based animal charity, is helping to nurse a horse with maggot-infested wounds back to health.

The screwworm, a pest likely remembered only by our grandparents, is making headlines again. With a proper name of New World ...

Let maggots do the work. To allow such wounds to heal, doctors remove infected or dead tissue with scalpels or enzymes, a process they call debridement. But these tools often fail. "These problem ...

The Missouri Department of Agriculture dismissed recent false rumors about the New World Screwworm in the state. Here's why ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service inspected livestock for a flesh-eating ...

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A horse has died at just four months old after he was found with maggot-infested wounds. Billy and Patch were brought to Redwings, one of the UK's biggest horse welfare charities ...

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is sounding the alarm, urging veterinarians, livestock producers, and animal health ...