AUSTIN, Texas - Gov. Greg Abbott and other state officials will provide an update Friday morning on the New World screwworm case in Texas.

Abbott will be joined by Texas Animal Health Commission Executive Director Dr. Lewis R.

"Bud" Dinges; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Executive Director David Yoskowitz; and Rear Adm. Michael Schmoyer, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's New World Screwworm Directorate, along with other elected officials and state responders.