Source of cow TB might never be found, says Alberta Beef Producers

Alberta Beef Producers say it’s probable a source of a cow illness conflict in a range will never be found.

The attention has been traffic with a outbreak for roughly a year, that started with 6 putrescent animals on an Alberta plantation and resulted in 10,000 cattle being destroyed.

No new cases have been found over a strange six.

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Karin Schmid with Alberta Beef Producers says a subsequent proviso of a review involves contrast animals introduced to a index flock over a final 5 years.

“It is a required step in these investigations only to make certain we’ve lonesome all a bases and can uncover to a trade partners and a general village that we’re doing a due diligence,” she said.

Trace-in cattle are a lowest risk category, so there are no restrictions on a transformation or sale of a animals.    

Around 80 trace-in herds are expected to be tested, that is fewer than creatively anticipated.     

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