Category: brucellosis
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High Stakes
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/25/news/local/45-testing.txt">High-stakes testing continues</a><br />n<br />nI really wish I had the ability to turn a phrase like this headline once in a while. The Brucellosis testing going on is high stakes for Montana cattlemen and is being watched closely by many people concerned with the issue.<br />n<br />nI've talked about the producers involved in Bridger…
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Second Herd Negative for Brucellosis
Well, the second herd of cattle near Emigrant <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/24/news/state/25-brucellosis.txt">tested all negative for Brucellosis</a>. This allows me to breathe a small sigh of relief. Small I say. They are still testing cattle around the affected herds in Bridger so we could still see problems there so a big sigh of relief is not applicable. <br…
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Thoughts On Brucellosis
I had some thoughts and questions about the <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2634-Seven-Montana-Cows-from-One-Herd-Have-Tested-Positive-for-Brucellosis.html">recent Brucellosis issue</a> in Montana.<br />n<br />nI was really wondering if the seven cows that tested positive were vaccinated for brucellosis? This was the case in Wyoming when they originally discovered cattle near the park had Brucellosis. It was in all ready vaccinated cattle. Yesterday evening…
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More Information
Updating the <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2634-Seven-Montana-Cows-from-One-Herd-Have-Tested-Positive-for-Brucellosis.html">brucellosis story</a>, comes <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/19/news/state/20-brucellosis.txt">this story</a> which has some very interesting facts.<br />n<br />nThe cattle testing positive came originally from a herd near Emigrant which is located in Paradise Valley, South of Livingston. Paradise valley is a natural corridor for animals coming north out of Yellowstone Park.<br />n<br />nThe Governor Assures us…
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Seven Montana Cows from One Herd Have Tested Positive for Brucellos
Received via e-mail.<br />n<br />n<blockquote> Montana Cattlemen's Association<br />nMember Alert<br />nNews Release<br />nSeven Montana Cows from One Herd Have Tested Positive for Brucellosis<br />n<br />nGovernor Remains Committed to Brucellosis Free Status and Solutions in MT<br />n<br />n5/18/2007<br />nSarah Elliott<br />n406-444-9725<br />nselliott@mt.gov<br />n<br />n( HELENA ) – A cow shipped from Baker, MT tested positive for…
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Bison And Brucellosis
<blockquote>"For Yellowstone bison to be involved in the big picture of bison conservation, they've got to be brucellosis-free," said Tom Roffe, a wildlife veterinarian and biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. And that's why the animals here are being corralled and handled, poked and prodded.<br />n<br />nRoffe has been pushing his agency for…
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Taking A Stand
<a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/News%20Releases/121106-animal.htm" >Animal Health Committee Asks <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> to Maintain Brucellosis Surveillance Program</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Upon referral of a resolution from its Animal Health Committee – chaired by Missouri veterinarian Max Thornsberry – the R-CALF USA Board of Directors has adopted interim policy…
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Animal ID
If you have paid any attention to me at all, you know I don't support the governments <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> efforts. We don't need the government mandating yet another expensive program that us producers can't afford to implement for them.<br />n<br />nYesterday I worked my replacement heifers, heifer calves that I am keeping…
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The Pot And The Kettle
This is hilarious. Sad, but hilarious and I wonder how many other people found this inconsistency.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2006/10/07/news/wyoming/37c341aba5ff6d01872571ff0081082f.txt">Freudenthal to Idaho: Ban game farms</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In the wake of domestic elk escaping from an Idaho game farm, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal is asking the neighboring state to ban game farms and to help enact a…
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Wyoming Brucellosis-Free
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/09/12/news/wyoming/43-cattle.txt" >Wyoming regains brucellosis-free status</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The federal government declared Wyoming's cattle herds free of brucellosis, meaning costly restrictions placed on the state's producers over the last 2 1/2 years can now be eased, state officials said Tuesday.<br />n<br />nThe decision by the U.S. Agriculture Department to declare the state brucellosis-free will be official…