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First Screwworm Case In Arizona Found In Cochise County Dog
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 28, 3:01 PM MST
updated Oct 28, 9:12 PM MST
Topic
Local News
Reported by KPHO (Arizona's Family CBS 5) and KGUN-TV, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
Arizona confirmed its first case of a flesh-eating parasite, the New World screwworm, in a Cochise County dog, KPHO and KGUN-TV reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 2, Oct 28, 9:58 PM MST. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Arizona confirms first case of flesh-eating parasite in Cochise County dog · KPHO (Arizona's Family CBS 5)
- Arizona records first New World screwworm case in Cochise County dog · KGUN-TV
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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Cochise County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.