Insights and Stories on Bovine TB

Few herds remain in B.C. bovine TB probe

Apr. 3, 2019 at 3:02 pm CDT

The federal investigation into an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis affecting four animals in a domestic British Columbia cattle herd has pulled back to include just seven properties. As of Monday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s probe included one herd each in B.C. and Saskatchewan and four herds in Alberta under […]

Bovine TB strain in latest outbreak new to Canada

Jan. 9, 2019 at 4:38 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Bovine TB probe expands to Saskatchewan

Dec. 21, 2018 at 9:06 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Six more cattle herds to be tested in TB probe

Dec. 17, 2018 at 8:36 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Bovine TB case turns up in southern B.C.

Nov. 19, 2018 at 7:15 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Bovine TB probe officially closed

May. 3, 2018 at 3:33 am CDT

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 […]

By Staff

All quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

Feb. 12, 2018 at 8:18 pm CST

The mystery of how six Prairie cattle caught a Mexican strain of bovine tuberculosis (TB) is now expected to remain a mystery indefinitely. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced quarantines have been lifted from all Prairie cattle operations tested during its probe of a bovine TB outbreak beginning […]

By Staff

Bovine TB probe’s on-farm testing work complete

Dec. 19, 2017 at 8:22 pm CST

On-farm testing work has wrapped on all the cattle herds that supplied animals in the past five years to an Alberta herd that turned up six cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in the fall of 2016. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported Tuesday it has completed on-farm testing of […]

By Staff

Bovine TB probe’s focus turns to infected herd

Feb. 3, 2017 at 6:37 pm CST

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 […]

By Staff

Eight more quarantines added in bovine TB probe

Jan. 20, 2017 at 5:51 pm CST

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, […]

By Staff

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