Two new cases of animals infected by the plague of the borer worm were detected in Mexico this week, one in a goat in the center of the country, in a state adjacent to the capital, and another in a calf in a northern region, bordering the United States, reported local health authorities. The United States closed its southern border to livestock in May after the first cases of the borer worm appeared on Mexican territory, a plague also present in Central America that has strained relations between the two countries. The case registered in a goat was detected in the municipality of Tlatlaya, in the central State of Mexico, and was attended to immediately, reported the Ministry of Agriculture in a statement released Thursday night. 'The animal presented a wound without proper medical attention, which was the point of infestation of the larva,' it said, and explained that preventive treatment was given to another 20 animals that were on the same ranch. The case in the calf was discovered in the municipality of Llera, in Tamaulipas, a state bordering the Gulf of Mexico and the United States, the Ministry said on Wednesday. The country has been working to contain the outbreak, which has shaken the livestock and beef industries of both the United States and Mexico.
