Paris, (Reuters) .- The United States will probably resume imports of Mexican cattle before the end of the year, said the veterinary head of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rosemary Siford.
The USDA indefinitely suspended the imports of Mexico’s cattle this month, citing the movement of the New World Barrenador worm to the north.
The borers can infest cattle, wildlife and, rarely, people. The wormwood worms are introduced into the skin of animals, causing serious and often mortal damage.
“We want to make sure that the way in which they are doing surveillance gives us a good idea of what our risk is to continue moving north,” Sufford Reuters told Reuters, within the framework of the Annual Assembly of the World Animal Health Organization in Paris.
“It is difficult to say exactly when, but (imports will resume) for sure before the year, unless something really changes drastically,” he said.
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There have been no new cases of the northern northy in northern worm two weeks ago about 700 miles (1,120 km) from the border between the United States and Mexico, he declared.
A USDA mission will travel to Mexico in the next few days, the Ministry of Agriculture of Mexico said Tuesday.
Sfford also gave the end of the year as a “last” deadline to control the propagation of highly pathogenic avian flu, commonly called avian flu, in dairy cows.
The virus has caused the death of more than 173 million chickens, turkeys and other birds in the United States since 2022 and has infected more than 1000 dairy herds since 2024, according to USDA data.
Seventy people in the US have also positive, mostly agricultural workers, since 2024, according to Centers for the control and prevention of US diseases.
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“The only new cases (in the dairy sector) that we are seeing at this time are given in states where we already have affected flocks and are very associated with biosecurity problems,” said Sifford.
“I’m not sure if (the total suspension) will occur for summer, but we are definitely on a stable path.”
For corral birds, summer should be calm in terms of infections, since the number of outbreaks has decreased in recent weeks, said Sfford.
Wild birds can transmit the virus to corral birds, which are subsequently sacrificed to contain outbreaks.
“We are not seeing introductions of wild birds, so we expect a quiet summer,” said Sofford.
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