All Manitoba Livestock Now Free of Bovine Tuberculosis

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OTTAWA, September 19, 2006 The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has declared
livestock in the area around Manitoba's Riding Mountain National Park free of bovine
tuberculosis (TB). The region, referred to as the Riding Mountain TB Eradication Area, had
been the only part of Canada without TB-free status.
The new designation is based on a sustained and aggressive surveillance program that
has found no cases of bovine TB in livestock in the area since April 2003. The CFIAs
enhanced surveillance program began in 2002 and has closely monitored the health of all
area cattle and farmed bison herds through approximately 142,000 TB tests.
Area producers are no longer required to obtain CFIA movement permits for cattle and
farmed bison. This measure effectively contained the spread of the disease by ensuring
that only animals from herds testing negative for bovine TB were allowed to leave the
area.
The Parks Canada Agency and the Province of Manitoba have maintained efforts to address
the bovine TB problem in wild elk and deer in and around the park since 2000. These
initiatives limited opportunities for potential bovine TB transmission between wildlife
and livestock, and played a significant role in restoring the areas TB-free status
as quickly as possible. In addition, the strong support and cooperation of livestock
industry groups and individual producers in the area enhanced the CFIAs bovine TB
management activities.
Bovine TB is a reportable disease under the Health of Animals Act. The CFIA
follows a strict surveillance and eradication program to detect and respond to bovine TB
in cattle, farmed bison and farmed cervids. Whenever an infected herd is found, the CFIA
institutes measures to contain and eradicate the outbreak. All infected animals and any
exposed susceptible animals are immediately and humanely destroyed, and compensation is
paid to the owners.
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For information:
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Media Relations: (613) 228-6682
Parks Canada Agency
Media Relations: (204)848-7240
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