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Screwworm Eradication Program Records for the Southeastern United States

 Collection
Identifier: MS0212
Content Description The Screwworm Eradication Program Records for the Southeastern United States consist of documents describing various early proposals for eradicating screwworms, experiments and field tests in Florida and Curacao, the rearing and transportation of sterile flies, the building of fly-rearing facilities in Florida, the use of radiation to sterilize flies, treatments for wounded animals, and the eradication program in the Southeastern U.S. The materials include publications, surveys, reports,...
Dates: 1932-1959; Majority of material found within 1950-1959
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Screwworm Eradication Program Records for the Southwestern United States and Mexico

 Collection
Identifier: MS0211
Content Description The Screwworm Eradication Program Records for the Southwestern United States and Mexico contain documents related to sterile fly production plants in Mission, Texas, and Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico. Included in the records are reports, research data, correspondence, fly production and release records, manuscripts, manuals and regulations, publications, notes, case reports, photographs, public information materials, and artifacts.Much of the collection relates to field...
Dates: 1922-2004; Majority of material found within 1960-1990
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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