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Tuberculosis bacteria under an electron microscope. (Janice Haney Carr photo courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.))

B.C. bovine TB outbreak’s trace-out completed

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff May 31, 2019

All cattle that moved away from a British Columbia farm where four animals were found to be infected with bovine tuberculosis (TB) have been tracked down and tested. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Tuesday it has completed its “trace-out” investigation stemming from last fall’s discovery of a TB-positive beef cow from a farm in

Beef cattle, Livestock

Few herds remain in B.C. bovine TB probe

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff April 3, 2019

The federal investigation into an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis affecting four animals in a domestic British Columbia cattle herd has pulled back to include just seven properties. As of Monday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s probe included one herd each in B.C. and Saskatchewan and four herds in Alberta under movement controls, along with the

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB strain in latest outbreak new to Canada

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 9, 2019

Canada’s latest outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in domestic cattle involves a strain of TB bacteria not related to any previously seen in Canadian livestock or wildlife. Culture testing of bacteria taken from a cow confirmed as TB-positive in November shows it’s “not related to past cases of bovine TB in Alberta or British Columbia or

This file photo shows a rack of blood samples being tested for bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand dairy cattle. (Lakeview_Images/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB probe expands to Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff December 21, 2018

Updated, Dec. 24 — Some cattle in Saskatchewan are now under federally imposed movement controls as testing for bovine tuberculosis expands to 14 domestic herds in three provinces. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Friday the tracing of a single case of bovine TB in a beef cow from a farm in British Columbia’s southern

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Six more cattle herds to be tested in TB probe

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff December 17, 2018

Updated, Dec. 20 — Cattle from four more herds in British Columbia and two in Alberta are now being tested for bovine tuberculosis as officials probe the country’s latest domestic case of the disease. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday reported the six herds are now under “movement controls” while TB testing is underway.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB case turns up in southern B.C.

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 19, 2018

Federal food safety officials are now looking into the life story of a slaughtered British Columbia beef cow confirmed with bovine tuberculosis. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced it has launched an investigation after a mature beef cow was confirmed Nov. 9 with bovine TB. The case comes a few months after the

Beef producers are celebrating the end of a U.S. TB testing requirement.

Livestock

Manitoba scores a win on U.S. TB testing

The USDA will no longer require Manitoba beef and bison producers  to test for TB before export. So what does that mean for the industry?

By Alexis Stockford July 16, 2018

As trade tensions rise between the U.S. and Canada, Manitoba’s beef industry is celebrating the removal of a long-standing irritant. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has rolled back testing requirements on bovine tuberculosis for breeding stock, an issue that producers say has hovered over their industry since 1997, when the CFIA downgraded Manitoba’s TB status.

The USDA pre-export testing requirement has been lifted, but individual states still have their own bovine tuberculosis testing requirements.

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USDA removes bovine TB testing requirement for Manitoba cattle exports

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 10, 2018

Cattle and bison breeding stock bound for the U.S. no longer have to undergo mandatory bovine TB testing as of July 1. The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association is celebrating the news. In a news release Ben Fox, MBP president, called the development a “tremendous win.” “For many years producers in the Riding Mountain Eradication Area

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB probe officially closed

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 3, 2018

An investigation across three provinces following the appearance of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in six Prairie cattle in 2016 has officially closed with no further cases found. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday reported receiving the last of the lab culture test results on about 30,000 animals tested during its probe. “All of the results

Beef cattle, Livestock

All quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 12, 2018

The mystery of how six Prairie cattle caught a Mexican strain of bovine tuberculosis (TB) is now expected to remain a mystery indefinitely. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced quarantines have been lifted from all Prairie cattle operations tested during its probe of a bovine TB outbreak beginning in the fall of 2016.

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Tag Archives bovine TB — page 2

B.C. bovine TB outbreak’s trace-out completed

Few herds remain in B.C. bovine TB probe

Bovine TB strain in latest outbreak new to Canada

Bovine TB probe expands to Saskatchewan

Six more cattle herds to be tested in TB probe

Bovine TB case turns up in southern B.C.

Manitoba scores a win on U.S. TB testing

USDA removes bovine TB testing requirement for Manitoba cattle exports

Bovine TB probe officially closed

All quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

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