Category: brucellosis
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Helping Hand
I have a little announcement to make. A frequent commenter here, Bill, approached me about buying some heifer calves from me to give to the <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2727-Condemnation.html">Morgans and Karen who had there cattle slaughtered due to brucellosis</a>. We have come to an agreement and this will be happening. Bill is originally from this area and…
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Brucellosis Free
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=147391" >Cattle Health: <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> Changes Idaho’s Brucellosis Status To Class Free</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending its brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle by changing Idaho’s classification from Class…
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Another Country Heard From
Karen has finally talked about her thoughts on <a href="http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/07/15/tarred-with-the-same-brush/">losing her cattle to the Federal Government</a>. Most of the points she brings up I raised here in my posts on this issue but I did miss a couple that she brings up.<br />n<br />nYou might remember when the State of Montana was going to <a…
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Condemnation
I see that the Montana Board of Livestock has ordered the Bridger herd of cattle that had Brucellosis in it <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/07/12/news/state/22-cattle.txt">slaughtered</a>. That's tough for all concerned. The Board of Livestock needs to be thinking about the whole cattle industry in the state and in the process a couple of cattle producers are getting run…
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More Danger
As you may or may not know, Montana is in danger of losing it's Brucellosis free status because of a number of cows <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2634-Seven-Montana-Cows-from-One-Herd-Have-Tested-Positive-for-Brucellosis.html">having brucellosis in one herd</a> in the Bridger area. There has been a lot of testing done of other cattle and no other herd has been found with Brucellosis. If one…
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Buffer Zone
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/07/04/news/state/45-buffer.txt" >Officials discuss brucellosis buffer</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Creating a brucellosis buffer zone around Yellowstone National Park is a possibility as state and federal officials look for ways to keep the disease from recurring in Montana.<br />n<br />nTeresa Howes, spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, said she and the…
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Regionalize
As you know, <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> wants to regionalize the Brucellosis problem in Montana and make a perimeter around Yellowstone National Park where Brucellosis would be monitored and treated differently than in the rest of the state. I was never very sure about the idea but I listened and wondered about the whole idea…
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Bad News
I read a couple of stories recently that sound a little bad for our fair haired Governor, Brian Schweitzer.<br />n<br />nFirst off, regional veterinary experts are <a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070609/BUSINESS/706090325/1046/rss03">not very keen</a> on his "buffer plan" around Yellowstone National Park for Brucellosis. <br />n<br />n<strong>The veterinary officials said the buffer plan, or regionalization, would be expensive and…
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Clean Yet
I see that with almost <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/08/news/state/25-brucellosis.txt">2000 head of cattle tested</a>, Montana is still holding on to its brucellosis free status by the its teeth. The worry continues that they will find another one testing positive but in the meantime life goes on.<br />n<br />nThis whole situation has really ignited the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/09/news/state/30-bison.txt">Bison issue at…
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Definitions
I see the rest of the cattle tested around Bridger have all <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/29/news/state/15-bridger.txt">come up negative for Brucellosis</a>. Cattle producers in Montana keep dodging the bullet here which I am glad to see.<br />n<br />nI would like to point out how flexible the definition of good news can be. <a href="http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/05/29/finally-some-good-news/">Karen reports as good news</a>,…