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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

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 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.

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

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

Researchers in China say cattle with TB resistance are now a reality.

Did you know?, Livestock

TB-resistant cattle are a reality

A new technique has produced live animals with  increased resistance to this dangerous disease

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 13, 2017

Researchers say they’ve found a high-tech way to produce cattle with genetic resistance to bovine tuberculosis. Writing in the open-access journal Genome Biology, Chinese researchers from the Northwest A&F University in Shaanxi, China say CRISPR gene-editing technology allowed the breakthrough. Read more: TB in the spotlight again with Alberta outbreak Dr. Yong Zhang, lead author

Beef cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB probe’s focus turns to infected herd

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 3, 2017

With no new cases of bovine tuberculosis discovered on the Prairies since mid-November, federal officials are now turning their focus to how the disease got into half a dozen cattle in the region last fall. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday it has finished TB-screening and depopulating all mature cattle from 18 properties that

Beef cattle, Livestock

Eight more quarantines added in bovine TB probe

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 20, 2017

UPDATED, Jan. 23, 2017 — Another eight properties housing about 2,000 cattle have been put under federal quarantine since last week as officials continue to track down livestock exposed to bovine tuberculosis (TB). The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday pegged the number of premises under quarantine at about 58, and the number of animals

Beef cattle, Livestock

More bovine TB quarantines still expected

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 13, 2017

Tracking an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis through southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan is still expected to lead to more quarantines of more Prairie cattle ranches, though no new controls have been imposed since before Christmas. As of Wednesday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported no new cases of bovine TB in its investigation, beyond the

Beef cattle, Livestock

No TB quarantines lifted over holidays

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 6, 2017

None of the 50 ranch properties still under federal quarantine for bovine tuberculosis in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan have been released in the past two weeks, officials reported Thursday. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday resumed regular updates on its ongoing investigation into cases of bovine TB in the area. As of Thursday,

Alberta’s provincial Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier and Medicine Hat MLA Bob Wanner (r) met Dec. 21 with producers affected by the bovine tuberculosis outbreak near Jenner, about 75 km northeast of Brooks. (Government of Alberta photo)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Quarantines added in bovine TB probe

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 22, 2016

Federal inspectors’ search for animals exposed to one of six Alberta cattle confirmed with bovine tuberculosis (TB) has led them to quarantine more farm sites for testing. As of Wednesday, “approximately 50” farm sites, mostly in southeastern Alberta with “approximately five” in southwestern Saskatchewan, are under quarantine and movement controls, affecting about 26,000 animals, the

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Bovine TB strain in latest outbreak new to Canada

Six more cattle herds to be tested in TB probe

Manitoba scores a win on U.S. TB testing

Bovine TB probe officially closed

TB-resistant cattle are a reality

Bovine TB probe’s focus turns to infected herd

Eight more quarantines added in bovine TB probe

More bovine TB quarantines still expected

No TB quarantines lifted over holidays

Quarantines added in bovine TB probe

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