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Anonymous

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Here is another drawback of shipping cattle back and forth across borders....It will be interesting to find out if this is the same Mexican strain that has been being found in the majority of all positive cattle in the US...

Maybe ND is close enough for some Canadians to realize that some of the NAFTA needs changing to stop this stuff from coming in from its source :???: ....

North Dakota beef herd being tested for bovine TB
The Jamestown Sun
Published Friday, December 05, 2008

A North Dakota beef herd is being tested for bovine tuberculosis, following the identification of a cow with a TB lesion at a Minnesota meat processing plant.

“We are in the early stages of the investigation, and complete results of the herd tests won’t be known for several weeks,” said Dr. Susan Keller, state veterinarian, on Friday.

Keller said that a suspect lesion on the animal was detected through routine inspection at a processing plant in Long Prairie, Minn., and that pathological tests at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, confirmed the diagnosis of bovine TB. A traceback determined that the animal came from a livestock operation in southwestern North Dakota.

North Dakota has been officially TB-free since Jan. 1, 1976. Under federal guidelines, that status remains in effect. The last time a North Dakota herd tested positive for the disease was in 1999 in Morton County.

A chronic bacterial disease that affects primarily cattle, bovine TB can be transmitted to any warm-blooded animal. In its early stages, clinical signs are not visible, making diagnosis difficult. Later symptoms may include low-grade fever, lethargy, emaciation, anorexia, pneumonia, chronic coughing and lymph node enlargement.

More information about bovine TB is available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/fsheet_faq_notice/fs_ahtb.html.

http://www.jamestownsun.com/articles/index.cfm?id=76438&section=news
 

Mike

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Could it have come from Minnesota? Isn't Minnesota closer than Mexico?

Minnesota TB outbreak causes N.D. to tighten cattle import regs

Feb 22, 2008 - 08:30:15 CST
North Dakota is imposing tougher testing requirements on Minnesota ranchers who want to bring beef cattle into the state.

It's in response to an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in northwestern Minnesota. Since October 2007, four beef cattle herds in the region have tested positive for tuberculosis.

North Dakota's Board of Animal Health ordered the new rules to take effect immediately. The U.S. Agriculture Department is likely to impose tougher rules of its own. But they may not take effect for weeks or months.

- Associated Press
 
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Mike said:
Could it have come from Minnesota? Isn't Minnesota closer than Mexico?

Minnesota TB outbreak causes N.D. to tighten cattle import regs

Feb 22, 2008 - 08:30:15 CST
North Dakota is imposing tougher testing requirements on Minnesota ranchers who want to bring beef cattle into the state.

It's in response to an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in northwestern Minnesota. Since October 2007, four beef cattle herds in the region have tested positive for tuberculosis.

North Dakota's Board of Animal Health ordered the new rules to take effect immediately. The U.S. Agriculture Department is likely to impose tougher rules of its own. But they may not take effect for weeks or months.

- Associated Press

I think the Minnesota cases have traced to the Mexican strain, too- just like the California and Idaho cases did- and those in the SW border states....From some of the studies put out- 90+% of those animals slaughtered in the US that test positive- come from Mexico....

One of the reasons Montana has such strong regulations on importing Mexican originated cattle, rodeo and roping cattle.....And in my opinion--live cattle should not be allowed imported in the US from Mexico because of their high infection rate....
 

Mike

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Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Could it have come from Minnesota? Isn't Minnesota closer than Mexico?

Minnesota TB outbreak causes N.D. to tighten cattle import regs

Feb 22, 2008 - 08:30:15 CST
North Dakota is imposing tougher testing requirements on Minnesota ranchers who want to bring beef cattle into the state.

It's in response to an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in northwestern Minnesota. Since October 2007, four beef cattle herds in the region have tested positive for tuberculosis.

North Dakota's Board of Animal Health ordered the new rules to take effect immediately. The U.S. Agriculture Department is likely to impose tougher rules of its own. But they may not take effect for weeks or months.

- Associated Press

I think the Minnesota cases have traced to the Mexican strain, too- just like the California and Idaho cases did- and those in the SW border states....From some of the studies put out- 90+% of those animals slaughtered in the US that test positive- come from Mexico....

One of the reasons Montana has such strong regulations on importing Mexican originated cattle, rodeo and roping cattle.....And in my opinion--live cattle should not be allowed imported in the US from Mexico because of their high infection rate....

You wouldn't be caught lying again.......would you?



Minnesota TB Response

Have we figured out where the TB came from?
After an exhaustive investigation, we have not been able to determine the origin of the disease. The strain of bovine TB found in northwest Minnesota, is similar to a strain found in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico but is not an exact match.

When investigating an infected herd, we identify animals that were added to the infected herd and TB-test their herd of origin. We also identify animals that were purchased from the infected herd and test their current herd. Hundreds of animals were traced within Minnesota and to nine other states and we have not identified a source of the TB infection. Because the disease develops slowly, it is possible that it was present in the region for some time before it was discovered.

http://www.bah.state.mn.us/tb/questions.html
 
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Anonymous

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Mike said:
Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Could it have come from Minnesota? Isn't Minnesota closer than Mexico?

I think the Minnesota cases have traced to the Mexican strain, too- just like the California and Idaho cases did- and those in the SW border states....From some of the studies put out- 90+% of those animals slaughtered in the US that test positive- come from Mexico....

One of the reasons Montana has such strong regulations on importing Mexican originated cattle, rodeo and roping cattle.....And in my opinion--live cattle should not be allowed imported in the US from Mexico because of their high infection rate....

You wouldn't be caught lying again.......would you?



Minnesota TB Response

Have we figured out where the TB came from?
After an exhaustive investigation, we have not been able to determine the origin of the disease. The strain of bovine TB found in northwest Minnesota, is similar to a strain found in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico but is not an exact match.

When investigating an infected herd, we identify animals that were added to the infected herd and TB-test their herd of origin. We also identify animals that were purchased from the infected herd and test their current herd. Hundreds of animals were traced within Minnesota and to nine other states and we have not identified a source of the TB infection. Because the disease develops slowly, it is possible that it was present in the region for some time before it was discovered.

http://www.bah.state.mn.us/tb/questions.html

The strain of bovine TB found in northwest Minnesota, is similar to a strain found in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico but is not an exact match.

Not lying-- they have been saying off the record for sometime that altho it is not exact- it is from Mexico-- definitely way different then the Canadian strain across the border to the north....USDA just playing politics- AGAIN- and putting trade ahead of their original duty to protect the viability of the US cattleman and cattleherd....Nothing different--Remember the tainted tomatoes they didn't want to admit were from Mexico :???:
 

Mike

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Oldtimer said:
I think the Minnesota cases have traced to the Mexican strain, too- just like the California and Idaho cases did- and those in the SW border states....From some of the studies put out- 90+% of those animals slaughtered in the US that test positive- come from Mexico....

One of the reasons Montana has such strong regulations on importing Mexican originated cattle, rodeo and roping cattle.....And in my opinion--live cattle should not be allowed imported in the US from Mexico because of their high infection rate....

You wouldn't be caught lying again.......would you?



Minnesota TB Response

Have we figured out where the TB came from?
After an exhaustive investigation, we have not been able to determine the origin of the disease. The strain of bovine TB found in northwest Minnesota, is similar to a strain found in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico but is not an exact match.

When investigating an infected herd, we identify animals that were added to the infected herd and TB-test their herd of origin. We also identify animals that were purchased from the infected herd and test their current herd. Hundreds of animals were traced within Minnesota and to nine other states and we have not identified a source of the TB infection. Because the disease develops slowly, it is possible that it was present in the region for some time before it was discovered.

http://www.bah.state.mn.us/tb/questions.html

The strain of bovine TB found in northwest Minnesota, is similar to a strain found in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico but is not an exact match.

Not lying-- they have been saying off the record for sometime that altho it is not exact- it is from Mexico-- definitely way different then the Canadian strain across the border to the north....USDA just playing politics- AGAIN- and putting trade ahead of their original duty to protect the viability of the US cattleman and cattleherd....Nothing different--Remember the tainted tomatoes they didn't want to admit were from Mexico :???:

Can't you read? It says that the TB from Mexico is NOT an exact match.

SIMILAR is not a scientific term..........EXACT is!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Anonymous

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Same thing as they are saying with some of the California and Idaho cases-- altho they have said some are "exact" matches....

Probably came from a left wing conspiracy- eh :???:
 

Silver

Well-known member
It had to have come from either Mexico or Canada. Diseases don't start in the US. Close that dang border why don't you?
 

Aaron

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The TB in Minnesota came from the white-tail population that is being left unchecked in Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario and Minnesota. Us producers in Northwestern Ontario are trying to get the government on side to start doing mass cullings of deer as Minnesota has, as if NW Ontario gets TB, that is the end of Western cattle going East and vice versa.
 

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