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More culls, quarantines added to bovine TB probe

By GFM Network News November 28, 2016

Thousands more cattle and calves in southeastern Alberta are now booked to be destroyed, as a search continues for animals that had contact with one or more of six tuberculosis-infected Alberta cattle. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced its “herd” of animals known to have commingled with the TB-infected cattle has expanded to

Beef cattle, Livestock

Feedlots sought to take in TB-quarantined cattle

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 25, 2016

Prairie cattle producers whose herds are stuck under federal quarantine while officials trace out cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) could soon have a option to house animals at an approved feedlot. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday said it is working with beef cattle industry representatives to find one or more feedlots where it

Beef cattle, Livestock

Federal Tories, NDP press for TB quarantine compensation

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 24, 2016

Under pressure in the Commons Tuesday, the federal government has committed to “look into options” to compensate Alberta and Saskatchewan producers having to feed cattle they’re prohibited from selling. Federal Conservative and NDP agriculture critics David Anderson and Ruth Ellen Brosseau separately took the government to task this week over the costs producers have to

Beef cattle, Livestock

Ranchers under quarantine fear going ‘broke by spring’

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel November 22, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Ranchers in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan whose herds are under quarantine due to the spread of bovine tuberculosis told federal legislators Tuesday they desperately need to sell cattle or receive compensation to avoid financial disaster. Ranchers who raise calves typically sell them in autumn to feedlots, where they are fattened

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB probe turns up more TB-positive cattle

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 18, 2016

Federal inspectors have confirmed a southeastern Alberta cow found with bovine tuberculosis in September was not just a one-off. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday reported five more cattle from the initial cow’s index herd in southeastern Alberta are confirmed to have been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria — presumed to be to be

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

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB strain of Mexican origin in Alberta probe

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 16, 2016

While new to Canada, the strain of tuberculosis bacteria which infected the Alberta cow at the centre of a bovine TB probe has been seen before in Mexico. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday reported the strain of Mycobacterium bovis found in a southeastern Alberta cow is “closely related” to a strain originating from

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 14, 2016

Two farms in southwestern Saskatchewan have been added to the list of those under federal quarantine as inspectors widen their search for cattle exposed to a new-to-Canada strain of bovine tuberculosis (TB). As of Thursday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it had “approximately 33” farms in Alberta and two in Saskatchewan under quarantine. The

Beef cattle, Livestock

Alberta Beef Producers call for TB financial support

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 4, 2016

With cattle under quarantine in parts of Alberta after a TB case was discovered in an animal from that province at a U.S. slaughter facility, the bills are starting to stack up. Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) recently said in an online publication that a significant number of herds have been quarantined and the producers notified.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB case probed in southeastern Alberta

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 1, 2016

About 30 farms in southeastern Alberta are under federal quarantine as federal and provincial officials try to track down cattle exposed to bovine tuberculosis (TB). The investigation follows a notice in late September from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that a cow from Alberta had tested positive for bovine TB at a U.S. slaughter plant.

Livestock, News

Farms quarantined due to delays in TB testing

Cattle movements are restricted indefinitely

By Daniel Winters May 22, 2014

A dozen farms in the Riding Mountain Eradication Area (RMEA) have been put under open-ended quarantine by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency due to delays in testing for bovine tuberculosis. “Essentially, anybody who was scheduled to test and has not yet tested is now under quarantine,” said federally appointed TB co-ordinator Allan Preston. Preston said

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Tag Archives bovine TB

More culls, quarantines added to bovine TB probe

Feedlots sought to take in TB-quarantined cattle

Federal Tories, NDP press for TB quarantine compensation

Ranchers under quarantine fear going ‘broke by spring’

Bovine TB probe turns up more TB-positive cattle

Bovine TB strain of Mexican origin in Alberta probe

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

Alberta Beef Producers call for TB financial support

Bovine TB case probed in southeastern Alberta

Farms quarantined due to delays in TB testing

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