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Dr. Allan Preston, co-ordinator of the Riding Mountain TB eradication project, provided Manitoba Beef Producers with an update on TB surveillance efforts.
Livestock, Local news

TB testing contained to core area

Continued producer co-operation is needed to eradicate the disease by 2024

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Bovine TB testing will be restricted to the core area around Riding Mountain National Park, and there are plans to move away from on-farm testing altogether, producers heard at a Manitoba Beef Producers district meeting here last month. “We are already into the 2015-16 program,” said Dr. Allan Preston, co-ordinator of the Bovine TB Management
cattle in a pasture
Beef cattle, Local news

Province continues to see negative TB results in domestic cattle

Bovine tuberculosis remains undetected in domestic cattle as 
experts continue to strive for provincial eradication 


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Producers at the Manitoba Beef Producers annual meeting here earlier this month heard some good news about the province’s bovine tuberculosis eradication efforts. “The hope remains quite high that this winter’s surveillance in elk, deer and domestic livestock will move us closer to achieving the overarching goal of the program — eradication of the disease
Picture of Plains Processors facility.
Beef cattle, Livestock, News, Other livestock

New Carman beef slaughter plant targets spring opening

Rising cost of trucking means the future belongs to small regional slaughter plants, says owner

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Construction of Manitoba’s first new federally inspected slaughter plant in decades is steaming along, and its owner expects 50-75 head of cattle per week to start coming down the ramp early this spring. “The engineers tell me we’re going to be killing cattle by the end of March,” said Calvin Vaags, owner of the slaughter
Livestock, News, Other livestock

Concerns raised about CWD entering Manitoba

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Changes are coming to the way the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) handles chronic wasting disease (CWD) in farmed elk populations, but what those changes are is up for debate. “While we don’t have all the details yet — the federal government has signalled that they are giving up on the idea of eradicating the
Livestock, Other livestock

Hunting Season Is Underway

The fall hunting season is underway for several species in many areas of the province and will continue through the winter, Conservation Minister Dave Chomiak said Nov. 3. Hunting helps manage and conserve our wildlife populations, provides recreational opportunities and helps prevent damage to agricultural crops and private property, said Chomiak. From white-tailed deer and
Forages, Livestock, Other livestock

Big White Dogs Keep Elk Away From Hay Bales

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Ranchers stockpile hay to feed their livestock, not roving wild ruminants. Freeloading deer and elk can cart off large amounts of feed in their bellies, and leave behind bovine tuberculosis-infected snot, saliva and feces on the fodder. Tall fences keep them out of bale yards, but are expensive and won’t help with bale-grazing sites –
Livestock, Other livestock

No TB Found In RMNP This Year

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There were no positive bovine tuberculosis test results in Riding Mountain National Park this past year and that shows eradication measures are working, according to project manager Ken Kingdon. “It makes us feel optimistic that the program is working, but we’re not really ready to say that our program is done,” said Kingdon. “We’re not
News, Other livestock

Riding Mountain Aspen Parkland Receives Protection

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Critical habitat is being protected surrounding Riding Mountain National Park as part of a conservation initiative led by the Nature Conservancy of Canada. “In the Manitoba region, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is working hard to protect some of the last natural cover in the area around Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP),” said Ursula
News, Other livestock

West Side Elk Herd May Be Culled In Final Blitz

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On the map of Riding Mountain National Park’s three TB-management zones, lies a black amoeba-shaped blob. Straight south of Grandview, the irregular-shaped area in the Western Control Zone was created by drawing circles with a six-kilometre radius based on the known home ranges of radio-collared elk that have tested postive for bovine TB under the
Livestock, Other livestock

Capturing Elk With Net Carries Risks

Capturing elk with a net gun is not without negative impacts, said Ken Kingdon, Parks Canada project co-ordinator for the RMNP wildlife health program. Tranquilizer darts are not used, because if the elk or deer leave the park and are later shot and eaten by hunters, drug residues in the meat may be harmful. Also,

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