RED ROCK, Texas — An invader that could severely damage the state's cattle industry is on Texas’ doorstep and is inching closer to the U.S.-Mexico border.

The maggot, known as the New World screwworm, can infect infest the tissue or flesh of warm-blooded animals like cattle, deer, pets and even humans.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, authorities in Mexico have confirmed a new case of New World screwworm in Sabinas Hidalgo, in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. That is less than 70 miles and less than a two-hour drive from the U.S.-Mexico border. It was detected in an 8-month-old cow that was transported from Southern Mexico.

It is concerning for the cattle and livestock industry , as the pest continues to move north, from a few hundred miles from the border earlier this

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