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Bovine TB probe turns up more TB-positive cattle

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

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.

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

By Jennifer Paige December 3, 2015

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

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  

By Jennifer Paige March 2, 2015

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

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

Livestock

Federal money will boost Manitoba’s TB fight in cattle

A two-pronged strategy aims to reduce need for herd surveillance testing

By Daniel Winters May 14, 2014

More money, this time from the federal government, is being poured onto the three-decade-long fight to eradicate bovine tuberculosis from the Riding Mountain National Park area. TB co-ordinator Dr. Allan Preston, who has just been reappointed, said the pair of new initiatives announced last month are aimed at shifting the focus away from testing herds

Livestock

Ranchers see no promise in premises ID

Fearing they are the target, not TB, some ranchers refuse to comply with premises ID

By Daniel Winters April 22, 2014

A handful of ranchers in the Riding Mountain Eradication Area are balking at a provincial bid to use premises identification and ear tags to help with surveillance for bovine tuberculosis — even if it results in less on-farm testing. Rossburn-area rancher Rodney Checkowski wonders if the actual intent is to drive him and some of

Beef cattle, Livestock, Other livestock

Research project pinpoints cause of bison deaths

April 9, 2013

The preliminary results are in from a bison research project examining the post-mortem findings and pathogenic agents causing bison deaths in Alberta herds. Four veterinarians have examined the causes of 100 bison deaths in herds across the province. The research group is composed of four veterinarians — Drs. Burrage, Clark, Lewis, and Tremblay. Although only

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Tag Archives Tuberculosis

Bovine TB probe turns up more TB-positive cattle

Bovine TB strain of Mexican origin in Alberta probe

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

Bovine TB case probed in southeastern Alberta

TB testing contained to core area

Province continues to see negative TB results in domestic cattle

Farms quarantined due to delays in TB testing

Federal money will boost Manitoba’s TB fight in cattle

Ranchers see no promise in premises ID

Research project pinpoints cause of bison deaths

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