Manitoba’s first bovine tuberculosis case in over a decade was announced June 16, 2025 from a cow in the Pembina Valley. It’s a blow for cattle farmers and the beef sector.
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Manitoba cattle sector dismayed by bovine tuberculosis case
Manitoba has its first bovine tuberculosis case in over a decade and a half
CWD testing backlog continues
Wait times for test results are as long as four weeks... and counting
Despite changes to streamline the process, hunters can once again expect lengthy wait times for chronic wasting disease test results. “The program is currently experiencing a two-to-four-week wait time, but the department anticipates that will increase given the expected influx of samples being received,” said a provincial spokesperson in an emailed statement. CWD is an
Beef Producers eyes wild game surveillance amid bovine TB testing
Preliminary results from testing not ‘overly concerning,’ says beef group
Manitoba Beef Producers says the province should reinstate testing of wild game for bovine TB as a precaution, while testing continues on a Manitoba cattle herd. Two Manitoba herds were connected to cases of bovine tuberculosis found in Saskatchewan earlier this year. Testing is complete on one of those herds, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Elk farmers not thrown by traceability proposal
While federal traceability is new, provincial programs are old hat
Producer groups say a proposal to add elk to federal traceability rules is not a problem for the industry. In fact, according to Ian Thorleifson, provincial programs in regions like Alberta have already gone above and beyond what the federal proposal would entail. Livestock sectors have until June to give feedback on proposed changes to
Government restrictions severely impact elk farm numbers in Manitoba: industry
At its peak, 50 farms boasted 6,000 elk, compared to 20 farms raising 1,300 elk today
Successful elk farming in Manitoba doesn’t stop at the farm gate, according to Ian Thorleifson, president of the Manitoba Elk Growers Association and lead author of The Elk Farming Handbook. Instead, he said, “Support and promotion of the product and its versatility, quality and excellence are as much a part of elk raising, as quality feeding
Elk producers say CWD span concerning
Producers say the province is on the right track with efforts to contain CWD, but another case far to the south has dimmed optimism
Manitoba’s elk producers say they’re generally happy with measures to control chronic wasting disease (CWD) following a second case in wild mule deer earlier this month, although they say the geographic spread of cases is cause for concern. “We are impressed and pleased with the vigour and aggressiveness of (the province’s) actions and I certainly
Elk farmers not surprised by CWD finding
Producers say the province was on borrowed time, given the number of mule deer coming in from Saskatchewan
Manitoba’s elk producers aren’t surprised that the province has seen its first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD). With an increasing population of mule deer spreading east from Saskatchewan, they say it was bound to happen. The province announced Manitoba’s first CWD case Nov. 1, found in a visibly sick male mule deer euthanized near
Chronic wasting disease discovered in Manitoba
The province says there’s no evidence the first case of chronic wasting disease discovered in Manitoba is in any way linked to nearby farmed elk operations. In a media release announcing the case, officials said it was found near Lake of the Prairies as part of the province’s wildlife health surveillance program. It was in
Set-aside funded for Quebec hog, cattle, big game producers
Feds, province pledge $21.8 million AgriRecovery plan
Farmers tending feeder hogs, fed cattle and big game animals such as elk, red deer, bison and wild boar in Quebec can expect $21.8 million in AgriRecovery to compensate for COVID-19’s drag on the province’s slaughter capacity. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and her Quebec counterpart Andre Lamontagne on Thursday announced their governments’ respective 60-40
Ontario to limit imports, transport of live elk, deer
Moves meant to keep out chronic wasting disease
Moving live captive cervids such as elk, deer, moose and caribou into or within Ontario is set to be banned under new provincial regulations to keep out chronic wasting disease (CWD). The province said Thursday it has amended regulations under its Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act that will ban anyone from importing live, captive cervids
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