The national report on Cattle Screwworm (CSW) cases reveals the presence of the pest in at least 39 of the 58 municipalities of Zacatecas, meaning that at least one case has been registered in approximately 67 percent of the state’s territory.
The state has accumulated 214 positive cases, of which 80 remain active, meaning that the infected animals are under treatment, according to the national report as of July 15.
Pinos has the highest number of accumulated cases, with 24 active cases, placing it above the other municipalities in the state, according to the report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Agriculture).
Meanwhile, the Zacatecas Ministry of Health (SSZ) confirmed two cases of CSW in humans: two adult patients in Pinos and Melchor Ocampo.
The persistence of 80 active outbreaks of GBG continues to worry ranchers due to the risk of the disease spreading to municipalities that have so far remained free of the parasite.
ACTIVE AND CUMULATIVE CASES
Of the municipalities with active cases, Moyahua, Guadalupe, Villa de Cos, and Villa García each have four, while El Salvador has three.
Apozol, Fresnillo, Pánfilo Natera, Loreto, Morelos, Sombrerete, Tepechitlán, Trancoso, Trinidad García de la Cadena, and Zacatecas City each have two active cases.
Meanwhile, Apulco, Florencia de Benito Juárez, Francisco R. Murguía, Jerez de García Salinas, Juan Aldama, Mazapil, Mezquital del Oro, Miguel Auza, Nochistlán de Mejía, Noria de Ángeles, Ojocaliente, Pánuco, Río Grande, Tabasco, Valparaíso, Villa González Ortega, and Villa Hidalgo each have one active case.
The impact of the plague is even greater when considering the cumulative cases registered since the outbreak was detected.
Official figures indicate that Pinos also leads this list with 61 cumulative cases, followed by Villa de Cos (23), Concepción del Oro (10), Guadalupe (9), Loreto (8), and the city of Zacatecas (8).
Next are El Salvador, Noria de Ángeles, Pánuco, and Villa García, with six cumulative cases each; Trinidad García de la Cadena has five; Fresnillo, Francisco R. Murguía, Pánfilo Natera, Jerez de García Salinas, Moyahua de Estrada, and Sombrerete have four cases each.
The municipalities with three cases each are Jalpa, Juan Aldama, Mezquital del Oro, Ojocaliente, Tepechitlán, and Trancoso.
Apozol, Mazapil, Miguel Auza, Morelos, Vetagrande, and Villa González Ortega each have two cases.
Apulco, Florencia de Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, El Plateado de Joaquín Amaro, Nochistlán, Río Grande, Tabasco, Teúl de González Ortega, Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román, Valparaíso, Villa Hidalgo, and Villanueva each have one case each.
Apulco, Florencia de Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, El Plateado de Joaquín Amaro, Nochistlán, Río Grande, Tabasco, Teúl de González Ortega, Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román, Valparaíso, Villa Hidalgo, and Villanueva each have one case each.
Health authorities are maintaining epidemiological surveillance and reiterated their call to livestock farmers to constantly check their animals, promptly report any wounds with the presence of larvae, and follow control measures, with the aim of containing the spread of the screwworm in the state and preventing further damage to livestock farming.
Source: ntrzacatecas
