The Canadian
Food Inspection Agency has completed testing for tuberculosis following
identification of six infected animals on one Alberta operation last year.
"All premises
with cattle have been tested and released from quarantine,” the CFIA says on
its website today.
This includes:
•
79 trace-out
herds (herds that received animals from the infected herd) with approximately
15,000 animals.
•
71 trace-in
herds (herds that sent animals to the infected herd) with approximately 15,000
animals.
A total of
approximately 11,500 animals have been destroyed with compensation of $39
million paid to producers.
This includes
animals that were ordered destroyed from the infected herd and co-mingled herds
and animals that required post-mortem testing.
The producers
whose herds were depopulated and have completed the cleaning and disinfection
of their premises have restocked their herds.
Those producers
have completed the first of two rounds of testing to verify that the restocked
animals are free from bovine TB.
The second round
of testing will take place in the fall of 2018. These herds are not under
quarantine.
