The most recent Alpena County, which is in the Southern part
of the peninsula.
The
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said Friday that
routine surveillance testing made the confirmation in Alpena County.
The state
says it is the 61st herd since 1998 to be infected. Bovine tuberculosis can
pass from deer to cattle to humans.
Annual
surveillance testing is designed to catch the disease in the earliest stages.
Michigan has been testing cattle for bovine TB since 1995.
Tuberculosis
was eradicated from Ontario’s dairy and beef herds in the 1950s.
