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Texas fly bombers battle Mexico's invading hordes
Texas faced a resurgence of the screwworm fly as U S Mexican cooperation battled the parasite that kills cattle and has caused human deaths. The Mission laboratory produces sterile flies, releasing them to bar the pest from spreading toward Texas as floods and mild winters boosted infestations in 1968 1969.
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Texas
Mexico
U.S. Agriculture Departments
United States
Atascosa County
Tex
San Antonio
S. C. Gartiaan
Mission
Lyndon Johnson
Mission Laboratory
Alejandra Martinez
Mexico City
Rio Grande
U.S. Agriculture Department
U.s.-Mexican
Arizona
New Mexico
California
U.S
Gartman
Marion Meadowa
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Dallas
Southwest