Online Entries Marshall City Arena
3310 Popular Street Marshall, TX 75671
Online Entries Parker County Arena
1010 Farm to Market Road 1885, Weatherford, TX 76088
Online Entries Holybee Arena
2141 SW Wilshire Blvd, Burleson, TX 76028
Online Entries The Expo At Glenrose
202 E Bo Gibbs Dr Glen Rose , TX 76043
Online Entries 4M Equine Ranch
498 Private Road #2391, Decatur, TX 76234
Online Entries 377 Arena
10740 N US Hwy 377 Stephenville, Tx 76401
Online Entries The Expo At Glenrose
202 E Bo Gibbs Dr Glen Rose , TX 76043
Online Entries Limestone County Fairgrounds
922 North Tyus Street, Groesbeck, TX 76642
Online Entries Marshall City Arena
3310 Popular Street Marshall, TX 75671
AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) executive director issued entry requirements for all livestock, exotic livestock, fowl, and exotic fowl from New World screwworm (NWS) affected states outside of Texas. These additional movement requirements are placed to prevent potential introduction or spread of NWS to new areas of the state. The executive director order applies to a state where NWS has been detected and a NWS infested zone, quarantine area, or control area remains active. In addition to all existing and applicable Texas entry requirements, the following scenarios require specific protocols prior to animal
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) maintains requirements to help protect exotic chronic wasting disease (CWD) susceptible species from the disease and reminds Texans of these requirements prior to the Fall.
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) executive director officially released movement restrictions for areas of Texas previously deemed as New World screwworm (NWS) Infested Zones
AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) executive director issued requirements for all cattle of Mexican origin that enter the United States through a port of entry located outside Texas on or after August 24, 2026.
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has published a list of New World Screwworm (NWS) Certified Inspectors on the TAHC NWS landing page
AUSTIN, TX – Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials received confirmation of anthrax in a Spanish goat on an Edwards County premises on August 12, 2026. This is the first confirmed case in Edwards County and second reported case of anthrax in Texas this year.
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) received confirmation of equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EHM), the neurologic disease linked to equine herpes virus (EHV-1), in a donkey on June 24, 2026
NOTICE: There is currently a quarantine in place due to an established New World Screwworm Infested Zone in parts of the following Texas counties: Coke, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, La Salle, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Zavala.
Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) and Texas A&M AgriLife have worked together to develop a New World Screwworm (NWS) Certified Inspector Program. This is a first-of-its-kind training program designed to train and certify individuals on myiasis clinical identification, animal inspection, NWS treatment, and NWS movement requirements. To meet the requirements to issue NWS Treatment/Movement Certificates, you must complete the New World Screwworm Preparedness and Response Education course. After successfully completing all modules and knowledge checks in the course, participants must pass a final exam with 100% accuracy (3 attempts allowed) to earn a Certificate of Completion. Participants
Due to the recent detections of New World screwworm (NWS), the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) is encouraging veterinarians to educate their clients on the clinical signs of myiasis and available prevention and treatment products. Currently, pet owners transporting companion animals are able to do so without movement permits or health certificates out of infested zones. However, all large groups of companion animals being moved may be asked for further verification to ensure that the animals have been monitored for symptoms. While Texas is not requiring movement documentation, the destination state may have additional requirements. Pet owners
AUSTIN, TX – On June 3, 2026, the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) received confirmation of a detection of New World screwworm (NWS) in Zavala County, Texas. A sample collected from a three-week-old calf with an umbilical lesion was identified and confirmed as NWS by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa.
Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) Commissioner Joe Leathers, Assistant
State Veterinarian Dr. T.R. Lansford, and staff joined United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives, and other officials to break ground on a New World screwworm
(NWS) sterile fly production facility at Moore Air Base in South Texas
EDINBURG, TX – State Veterinarian, Dr. Lewis R. “Bud” Dinges, DVM and staff joined United States Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke L. Rollins, and Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, as they officially opened the New World screwworm sterile fly dispersal facility at Moore Air Base in South Texas. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC), with ongoing coordination by government and industry partners, continue to bolster national and state preparedness for a potential NWS incursion. This sterile NWS fly dispersal facility is an important tool in NWS response; if NWS reaches the U.S.,
The horse attended the 2025 WPRA World Finals and Elite Barrel Race event in Waco, Texas on November 5-9, 2025. TAHC staff are working closely with event coordinators, equine owners, and veterinarians to respond to the outbreak, take measures to protect equine, and prevent the further spread of the virus. Additional participants of this event have been notified by the TAHC and are currently being monitored under hold orders.
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) reminds Texans of statewide exotic chronic wasting
disease (CWD) susceptible species requirements for hunter harvested captive exotic susceptible species.