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Smear 62 Curbs Spread of Screwworm and Livestock Losses

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Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, United States Department of Agriculture. 1945. “Smear 62 Curbs Spread of Screwworm and Livestock Losses.” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. Accessed November 16, 2025, https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/7342.