MI: 2016 Bovine TB

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Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2016/10/bovine_tb_found_in_steer_in_hu.html


Huron County steer tests positive for bovine TB
By Dominic Adams
on October 31, 2016 at 12:00 PM, updated October 31, 2016 at 12:02 PM

HURON COUNTY, MI ? Bovine tuberculosis was found in a 2-year-old steer in the state's thumb region, according to state officials.

United States Department of Agriculture's food safety inspection service identified the Huron County steer as possibly diseased during inspection and removed the animal from the human food chain, according to a statement from Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development.

After the steer was removed, it tested positive for bovine TB, the statement said.

State agriculture officials identified the farm in Huron County that sent the steer to slaughter, along with two prior farms in Presque Isle County where the animal had been kept.

Each farm will be tested to ensure the disease is not present, the statement said...

 

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Source: http://www.uppermichiganssource.com...s-test-positive-for-bovine-TB--405597345.html


Two Northern Michigan cattle farms test positive for bovine TB
By AP |
Posted: Fri 6:09 AM, Dec 09, 2016

LANSING, Mich. (AP) State officials have scheduled a meeting for cattle farmers in two northern Michigan counties where herds recently tested positive for bovine tuberculosis.

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development says the potentially fatal disease recently was confirmed in a large dairy cattle herd in Alpena County and a large beef herd in Montmorency County...