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Food and Agriculture Organization as part of broader budget reductions has compounded the crisis, undermining efforts to combat the parasite.

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Beef prices have skyrocketed, with inventory of the U.S. cattle herd at the lowest in 75 years due to the toll of drought and parasites.

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It said the policy tackles “parasite SEO”, where spammers pay more reputable publishers to show their content on the publishers’ website to leverage their better standing and climb higher on search results.

It also worked against the form of the parasite that transmits the disease from one person to another, Vaidyanathan said.

But the Department of Agriculture this spring suspended Mexican cattle imports after the screwworm parasite was detected in herds south of the border.

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