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.
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.