California TB Outbreak

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What a mess is developing out of this California TB outbreak...
Here's a link to an update on the extent of the traceouts, in this instance to just one state:

http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=616&ArticleID=43329&TM=34542.74

Hope no one bought any dairy calves to bucket feed or graft onto cows

Another instance where imports from Mexico are going to cost the industry Zillions $.......

California State officials are still trying to understand how the cows got exposed. DNA testing shows that two of the cows that tested positive this spring share a strain of the bacteria that originated in Mexico.

In June, the state Department of Food and Agriculture issued a warning against contact with cattle of Mexican origins, and the USDA is drafting an order that restricts transport of California cattle across state lines without testing by a veterinarian.