Post by AnnB (NE) on Jun 18, 2009 16:27:47 GMT -5
I don't know how many noticed, but I posted a few days ago "In The News" about the recent cases of bovine TB found in Nebraska.
First, it was Fallow deer and Elk at a game ranch in Knox county, then it was a Rock county cow positive at slaughter, further testing has shown another positive at the same farm.
Initially, they quarantined 32 herds -- herds that had had fenceline contact with the Rock county herd, and herds that had purchased animals from the Rock county herd.
The situation is getting worse, there are now 42 herds quarantined, approximately 15,000 head in 10 counties, including my own county of Gage.
The news releases say that only the affected herds are quarantined/have their movements restricted. But I was just informed by my vet that our whole county is quarantined and that he was on the phone all morning with the USDA getting special permission to move Glenda to Shalali's. She'll be permitted to move to New Mexico after being TB tested.
I have no doubt that she'll be negative, but boy does this really mess up our plans! Shalali was supposed to arrive here Friday night and leave some time on Saturday, but the test doesn't get read until Sunday afternoon -- So, either DH or I will be driving Glenda out there on Monday.
The vet is pretty sure that Nebraska is going to lose the TB-Free status that we've enjoyed for 17 years. He's convinced that the source is the Knox county game farm (Fallow Deer & Elk). That the game farm infected the wild deer and wild deer movement carried it 2 counties over to Rock county. He's convinced that there will turn out to be several infected cows inbetween those 2 locations.
I don't know what to think, but we're already putting things in place to become an Accredited TB-Free Herd.
My biggest fear is that they'll use this to push NAIS, because it's sure taking a LOT longer than any 48 hours to track the animals that were sold out of the herd, and the herds that had fenceline contact.
It would almost be better for this to turn out to be deer -- if it came from a cow moved without proper paperwork, they'll milk it for all it's worth.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_bi_ge/us_farm_scene_bovine_tb
Ann B
First, it was Fallow deer and Elk at a game ranch in Knox county, then it was a Rock county cow positive at slaughter, further testing has shown another positive at the same farm.
Initially, they quarantined 32 herds -- herds that had had fenceline contact with the Rock county herd, and herds that had purchased animals from the Rock county herd.
The situation is getting worse, there are now 42 herds quarantined, approximately 15,000 head in 10 counties, including my own county of Gage.
The news releases say that only the affected herds are quarantined/have their movements restricted. But I was just informed by my vet that our whole county is quarantined and that he was on the phone all morning with the USDA getting special permission to move Glenda to Shalali's. She'll be permitted to move to New Mexico after being TB tested.
I have no doubt that she'll be negative, but boy does this really mess up our plans! Shalali was supposed to arrive here Friday night and leave some time on Saturday, but the test doesn't get read until Sunday afternoon -- So, either DH or I will be driving Glenda out there on Monday.
The vet is pretty sure that Nebraska is going to lose the TB-Free status that we've enjoyed for 17 years. He's convinced that the source is the Knox county game farm (Fallow Deer & Elk). That the game farm infected the wild deer and wild deer movement carried it 2 counties over to Rock county. He's convinced that there will turn out to be several infected cows inbetween those 2 locations.
I don't know what to think, but we're already putting things in place to become an Accredited TB-Free Herd.
My biggest fear is that they'll use this to push NAIS, because it's sure taking a LOT longer than any 48 hours to track the animals that were sold out of the herd, and the herds that had fenceline contact.
It would almost be better for this to turn out to be deer -- if it came from a cow moved without proper paperwork, they'll milk it for all it's worth.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_bi_ge/us_farm_scene_bovine_tb
Ann B