The threat from the flesh-eating maggots, known as the New World Screwworm, has suspended live cattle imports through the southern border.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said May 11 that it is suspending imports of livestock through Mexico because of New World Screwworm threats.

To stop the spread of a flesh-eating parasite, U.S. officials have halted all imports of live cattle, horses and bison from Mexico. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the import pause Sunday after parasitic New World screwworms were found in "remote farms with minimal cattle" in Mexico,