Myiasis -- United States
[Florida] State Agricultural officers are inspecting all dogs and other animals coming out of the Florida Keys. They're looking for signs of a screwworm infection that is killing the endangered key deer. The New World screwworm, is threatening the key deer that live solely on the islands from Little Pine Key to Sugarloaf Key [Monroe County] and a few small surrounding islands. The screwworm, or fly larvae, are attracted to animal wounds where eggs are laid and worms hatch inside the wound. A
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