Post by MuzzleLoader on Jun 14, 2017 6:43:30 GMT -5
Franklin County, Ind.) – More testing will be done to monitor the potential spread of bovine tuberculosis in southeastern Indiana cattle.
The Indiana State Board of Animal Health provided area farmers an update during a meeting in Brookville on Monday, June 12. The agency has been testing herds on farms in Franklin County since a whitetail deer and two cattle herds there were found to be carrying bovine TB last year.
More than 6,500 head of cattle in 380 herds have been tested by the BOAH this year and last. Hunters checking in their harvested deer last fall and winter brought more than 2,000 deer for testing.
The BOAH said new testing will be done this summer on cows within a three mile radius of where the cattle and a whitetail deer were found with the illness last year. That encompasses about 70 herds on a number of farms.
Local farmers within the testing area are being contacted by BOAH representatives. Area veterinarians are helping to conduct the bovine TB tests.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources plans to do more testing of harvested whitetail deer during the 2017 hunting season.
Franklin County taxpayers are getting some relief, as the bovine TB testing had been funded by the county. State lawmakers passed a law authored by Senator Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) which evenly splits the testing costs between the county and the Board of Animal Health.
More information about the local bovine tuberculosis situation can be found online at www.in.gov/boah/2396.htm.
The Indiana State Board of Animal Health provided area farmers an update during a meeting in Brookville on Monday, June 12. The agency has been testing herds on farms in Franklin County since a whitetail deer and two cattle herds there were found to be carrying bovine TB last year.
More than 6,500 head of cattle in 380 herds have been tested by the BOAH this year and last. Hunters checking in their harvested deer last fall and winter brought more than 2,000 deer for testing.
The BOAH said new testing will be done this summer on cows within a three mile radius of where the cattle and a whitetail deer were found with the illness last year. That encompasses about 70 herds on a number of farms.
Local farmers within the testing area are being contacted by BOAH representatives. Area veterinarians are helping to conduct the bovine TB tests.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources plans to do more testing of harvested whitetail deer during the 2017 hunting season.
Franklin County taxpayers are getting some relief, as the bovine TB testing had been funded by the county. State lawmakers passed a law authored by Senator Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) which evenly splits the testing costs between the county and the Board of Animal Health.
More information about the local bovine tuberculosis situation can be found online at www.in.gov/boah/2396.htm.