That brings the total of releases to 20 and for the first
time in months it also reduced the number under quarantine to 53.
The first 19 releases did not bring down the total in
quarantine.
So far 10,000 cattle have been slaughtered, all owned by one
establishment which has cattle on 18 premises.
There are 7,500 under quarantine at 53 premises. Those
farmers and ranchers can’t move any animals on or off their premises.
The CFIA says “genetic analysis
showed that the bovine TB organism from the (six) infected cows is not the same
as any strains detected in Canadian domestic animals or wildlife or humans to
date.
“All six
currently confirmed positive cows have the same strain of TB.
“This strain of
TB identified in these confirmed positive cows is closely related to a strain
first found in cattle in Central Mexico in 1997.”
