Curious tb development

[DaneG]

Alberta tb positive cow was a strain from Mexico! Likely a mix up in carcasses on the line (accidentally on purpose)doubtful the cow was holidaying in Mexico!
Fodder to reinstate COOL.

[WiltonRanch]

False flag

[grassfarmer]

Reports I'm seeing say there are 5 more confirmed cases in the herd of origin so I'm guessing the type of TB last detected in Mexico has made it's way here?

[kato]

Thats really weird. Not a lot of cattle coming north from Mexico though. Roping steers perhaps? Or maybe it's in the states and hasn't been found yet. It's hard to imagine it just magically jumped a whole country. Looks like a good detective is needed on this one.

[Blaithin]

Rodeo stock moves around quite a bit.

I haven't found anything on Alberta Beef about there being more animals testing positive yet. Has anyone heard anything about them testing the Elk?

I don't think it would be hard for it to jump a country so to say, in wildlife. But if it has, that means it's probably left a trail across America as well, which is a daunting thought.

[WiltonRanch]

Without scapegoating anyone how transmissible is TB? Would it travel on someone's dirty boots?

[kato]

Around Riding Mountain National Park the sharing of hay bales is considered a major culprit. Fenced hay yards are used. Other than that I think it's mainly airborn. It's a hazard for packing plant employees handle lungs too. carried on boots is something I haven't heard mentioned.

Here in Manitoba hunters submit deer and elk lung samples for testing. It's an easy way to check the wildlife.

[SCS]

Reaching out to North West Saskatchewan now, really ugly!

[Blaithin]

Reaching out to North West Saskatchewan now, really ugly!

Where in the North West? I can't find anything that's said it's made it farther than the "less than 5" locations in south west Saskatchewan.

[SCS]

Wait and see, needles on Tuesday, read on Friday and depopulated because of 17 cows in pasture effected five years ago. Could really spider web out from PF pastures! Real ugly for no reason!

[WiltonRanch]

Holy shit which pf pasture?

[SCS]

The last of the cows left for slaughter today, if they to come up clean there will no more depopulation! So far all have been good!

[SCS]

And now all calves are gone!

[grassfarmer]

Sorry to hear that SCS, must have been traumatic for you. Seems like a bit of overkill, if you excuse the expression, testing tens of thousands of cattle and then slaughtering them despite having only found the 6 cases in one herd. How many thousand more are going to be slaughtered?

[WiltonRanch]

Gosh cfia is using the same response regime from the bse days except you can live test for tb. Shame SCS your guys herds had to go down.