AgriLife Extension offers screwworm field guide for cattle News Staff Wed, 07/22/2026 - 17:46 Subheader body Guidance provided on detection, reporting, collection, submission, treatment, prevention In-page image(s) X Body Field Guide for Beef Cattle Producers is now available through Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to walk operations through the detection, reporting, collection, submission, treatment, and prevention process.

(Hannah Harrison/ Texas A&M AgriLife) Two Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service beef cattle specialists have developed a Field Guide for Beef Cattle Producers to walk operations through the detection, reporting, collection, submission, treatment, and prevention process.

The document was compiled by AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialists in the Texas A&M Department of Animal Science, Jason Smith, Ph.D., associate professor at the Texas A&M AgriLife High Plains Research and Extension Center at Canyon, and Jason Banta, Ph.D., professor at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton.