{"id":37434,"date":"2026-06-11T17:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=37434"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:50:20","slug":"state-boah-tightening-restrictions-over-screwworm-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/state-boah-tightening-restrictions-over-screwworm-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"State BOAH tightening restrictions over screwworm threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ERIN ANDERSON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Brownfield Ag Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;Indiana&nbsp;State&nbsp;Board&nbsp;of&nbsp;Animal&nbsp;Health has&nbsp;adopted new interstate movement requirements for livestock and companion animals to prevent&nbsp;New World screwworm from entering the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denise&nbsp;Derrer&nbsp;Spears says the greatest threat comes from animals in infected regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThose animals need to be accompanied by a pre-entry permit,\u201d she says. \u201cThe Board of Animal Health needs to approve it before it arrives in Indiana. That CVI needs to indicate that the animal has been treated with an effective treatment for New World screwworm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The restrictions must be applied for livestock and poultry species within 14 days of movement&nbsp;and 5 days of movement for cats and dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She tells Brownfield the agency continues to monitor the movement of the pest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re working very closely and have been with the Indiana Department of Health\u2019s entomology team and also the Department of Natural Resources for tracking any suspicious cases to make sure that they\u2019re followed up on,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spears says producers should call a&nbsp;veterinarian in the&nbsp;state&nbsp;of&nbsp;destination to ensure there aren\u2019t any additional requirements before planning interstate travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NWS is not a food safety issue, but is a serious pest that threatens livestock, pets, and wildlife. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USDA and the Indiana State Board of Animal Health are urging residents to check animals for draining or enlarging wounds, maggots or egg masses, signs of discomfort, or lesions in body openings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NWS has not been detected in Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ERIN ANDERSON Brownfield Ag Network The&nbsp;Indiana&nbsp;State&nbsp;Board&nbsp;of&nbsp;Animal&nbsp;Health has&nbsp;adopted new interstate movement requirements for livestock and companion animals to prevent&nbsp;New<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-37434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ag","tag-ag"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/photoless-header-template-Ag-news.jpg?fit=252%2C144&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37435,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37434\/revisions\/37435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}