New Mexico Livestock Board

All the places, New Mexico, Texas, The USDA, you guys have been doing a wonderful job.

The department encouraged animal owners to monitor animals for wounds that fail to heal, worsening wounds, maggots and wounds, or foul-smelling or unusual discharge from the animal wounds, and to contact the New Mexico Livestock Board and avoid moving detective cases.

The new cases amidst the recent reopening of the Santa Teresa Cattle Crossing at the end of September.

The crossing has been closed for nearly two years following the detection of the new world screw worm in neighboring Mexico.

Glad you're here.

Uh, Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture.

So how long have you been with the department, and then how long have you been the secretary?

So I came to the department in May, on May 16th, 1994, so 32 going on 33 years.

I assumed the seat of Secretary of Agriculture on May 16th, 2011.

Oh, cool.

You know, so far we've had two cases in New Mexico.

They're- they both are on the inactive status.