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New World Screwworm: FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Lotilaner in Dogs

By Scott Weese on October 30, 2025
Posted in Dogs, Parasites

New World Screwworm (NSW) is a nasty parasitic infestation (with a very high ick factor) that’s back on the radar in North America, re-emerging after several decades of highly successful control and eradication efforts that had pushed its northern reach back as far as Panama. It has now made to back as far as northern…

New World Screwworm: Primer for Canadian Veterinarians

By Scott Weese on October 3, 2025
Posted in Birds, Cats, Dogs, Horses, Other animals, Parasites

I remember the first case of fly myiasis (aka fly strike, maggot infestation) in general practice. I was a very new grad called to look at a lamb owned by someone who had a few sheep. The complaint was that the lamb wasn’t doing well. It was laying down when I arrived and I grabbed…

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