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The industry’s standard tests for bovine tuberculosis are geriatric. Why haven’t we developed better ones?
Beef cattle, News

Bovine TB test improvements fall through the cracks

Standard tests are inefficient and inaccurate, researchers say

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Canada’s monitoring regimen for bovine tuberculosis is based on tests that are old, time consuming and not overly accurate, researchers say. But there aren’t any better options. “We don’t have a better test for humans either,” said one researcher, Shu-Hua Wang. Wang is a professor of medicine at Ohio State University and director of research
Tuberculosis patients rest on the summer balcony of the Ninette Sanitorium in in 1940.
Livestock, News

Consumption and sick cows: a short history of tuberculosis

Eradication, pasteurization and medical advances conquered TB in Canada; it’s still a global menace

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The current leading cause of death in Canada, as per Statistics Canada, is cancer. It’s closely followed by heart disease. In the U.S., the causes are reversed. In the U.S. at the turn of the century, it was tuberculosis, as per the American Lung Association. Tuberculosis and its cousin bovine tuberculosis (which also infects humans) are lung-attacking, potentially deadly diseases that
Calves in demand at auction sites
Livestock Markets, Markets

Calves in demand at auction sites

Freeze up is bringing local buyers to look at calves

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Calf prices rose and yearling prices dropped at one Manitoba cattle auction site during the week ended Nov. 23. Scott Anderson, field representative for Winnipeg Livestock Sales, suggested that those buying yearlings were more likely to follow declining cattle futures than those who were buying calves. He also said the yearling market has tailed off
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle gain for second straight day after selloff

Chicago lean hog futures also firm

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose for a second consecutive session on Wednesday on short covering and follow-through technical and bargain buying after the market plunged to multi-month lows to start the week. Improving packer margins and futures’ steep discount to cash cattle prices also supported the market following the fund-selling
CME February 2024 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on short covering, discount to cash

Short covering also lifts CME hogs

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures surged on Tuesday in a short-covering rebound from multi-month lows in the prior session, supported by the market’s steep discount to cash market prices. Feeder cattle futures rose by as much as the daily trading limit, triggering expanded limits for both feeders and live cattle for
File photo of cattle in an Alberta feedlot. (Geralyn Wichers photo)
Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Strong demand continues to support feeder market

Significant downside risk ahead

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For the week ending Nov. 25, western Canadian yearling prices were $4-$8/cwt lower compared to seven days earlier. However, calf markets were firm trading $5-$8/cwt on either side of unchanged compared to values quoted a week prior. Optimal weather in southern Alberta caused major feedlot operators to stretch their hands across the Prairies. At the
CME February 2024 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Fund selling sends CME cattle to multi-month lows

February hogs touch contract low

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled sharply for a second straight session on Monday on fund long liquidation, technical selling and concerns about slowing beef demand and rising supplies. Actively traded February live cattle dropped to an eight-month low while several deferred-month contracts posted life-of-contract lows. January feeder cattle plunged more
CME February 2024 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle collapse to March lows

Chicago February hogs set contract low

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Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures sank to their lowest levels in nearly eight months at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday on increased concerns about easing demand for U.S. beef. Technical selling accelerated the slide after funds recently liquidated long positions, traders said. “We don’t know what demand is going to be a year
Cattle prices under pressure at auction sites
Livestock Markets, Markets

Cattle prices under pressure at auction sites

Firmness seen in some classes, heifer market supported by demand

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Cattle prices are up compared to last year, but pressure was apparent at auction sales across Manitoba during the week ended Nov. 16. Most sales saw declines in both volume and price. At Gladstone Auction Mart’s regular sale on Nov. 14, most prices for heavyweight and lightweight cattle were down compared to one week earlier.

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