Today, the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed NWS in a calf in La Salle County and a dog in Andrews County. The new cases extend the parasite's known reach beyond the initial cluster of detections in Zavala County.

Mexico will stop most ​imports of live animals ‌from the U.S. after cases of the flesh-eating screwworm pest were ​confirmed in Texas and New ​Mexico, Mexico's agriculture ministry said ⁠on Tuesday.

The USDA said the new cases were found in a calf and a dog, hundreds of miles apart in La Salle and Andrews counties.