Parasite that can eat pets alive resurfaces in Florida

A narrow ribbon of road linking the Florida Keys with the mainland is the front line in a renewed fight against maggots that can eat livestock and pets alive.Near a Key Largo visitors’ center painted with larger-than-life tropical fish and sea turtles, northbound drivers with animals must stop for agriculture officials checking for signs of New World screwworm.The parasite once cost the U.S. livestock industry millions every year. There hadn’t been a U.S. infestation in over 30 years