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New World screwworm response infrastructure

Make every field station accountable.

Cochliomyia hominivorax · obligate myiasis · free-ranging wildlife interface

New World screwworm response is an operational problem as much as a biological one. Distributed wildlife stations must remain available, correctly configured, supplied, and observable across large response areas. WildMeds brings the field layer into one remotely managed record.

01Hazard

An obligate parasite at the wildlife–livestock interface

New World screwworm larvae feed in the living tissue of warm-blooded animals. Wildlife can complicate surveillance and response because free-ranging hosts cross property, county, and management boundaries while wounds and infestations may remain difficult to observe.

  • Myiasis surveillance and suspect-event escalation
  • Operational continuity across remote treatment areas
  • Wildlife, livestock, companion-animal, and public-health interfaces
02Field gap

A station that exists is not necessarily a station that functioned

Program managers need more than a deployment inventory. They need to know whether each location remained online, whether scheduled access occurred, whether feed or approved program material was available, and where interruptions created a coverage gap.

  • GPS-registered station identity
  • Scheduled-versus-completed event reconciliation
  • Battery, connectivity, feed-level, and motor exception signals
03Platform role

Remote command paired with controlled mechanical access

WildCore PRO provides cellular command, scheduling, geolocation, and event telemetry. FeedVault controls physical access at the feeder. Ranch Mode can associate those operations with a defined health program, field zone, station cohort, and authorized batch record.

  • Cohort schedule changes without a station visit
  • Treatment-window and configuration-revision history
  • Exception-led management instead of manual log review
04Evidence

Traceable delivery infrastructure for incident command

The system can create a defensible operating record: what was expected, what the equipment reports occurred, which stations deviated, when personnel intervened, and whether the assigned network maintained program availability during the selected operational period.

Primary technical references

Built around the response environment.

Important scope note

WildMeds, WildCore PRO, and FeedVault are field-control and documentation technologies—not animal drugs, veterinary services, diagnostic systems, or substitutes for an approved response plan. Any medicated feed, pesticide, biologic, or other treatment material must be lawfully authorized and used exactly as directed.