Barbados new livestock threat loomsBarbados moved swiftly to heighten biosecurity after veterinary officials warned on Thursday that an aggressive livestock parasite, the New World screwworm fly, is spreading across the Caribbean and threatens to devastate local herds if it reaches the island, Barbados TODAY has learnt. and there are a couple of Caribbean islands that have it,” Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Trotman told Barbados TODAY. But Barbados has always been free of it; so, we are on high alert to make sure it doesn’t come in. “The risk of entry into Barbados is through live animals and the larvae, not products,” Dr Trotman explained. Now imagine that by ten times and then you would understand what would happen if the screwworm gets out of control in Barbados.”