Oh.
Well.
USDA's own analysis: In the last TX outbreak (in 1976, crossing from Mexico, before coordinated action pushed the infection border down into Central America), the cost to the TX cattle economy was $329mm.
That's $1.8 BILLION in current dollars.
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