Moves meant to keep out chronic wasting disease
ELK | The allowance is meant to help producers enrolled in herd certification, but sending their animals to the U.S. for slaughter
elk The allowance is meant to aid producers enrolled in herd certification, but sending their animals to the U.S. for slaughter
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has eliminated one irritating piece of red tape for Canadian-born elk slaughtered in the U.S. Canada’s voluntary Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Herd Certification Program will now accept test results from American labs. Results can now come from labs certified under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health
They say a new move to require participation in a ‘voluntary’ program if farmers want support isn’t helpful for areas without CWD
Manitoba Beef Producers hopes to get the province back on the USDA’s tuberculosis-free list, saying negative tests from wildlife proves its point
Too often farmed animals and wildlife are blamed for outbreaks, despite evidence to the contrary
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