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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

TB Found in West Texas Dairy Herd

Preliminary test results indicate that a dairy in west Texas is infected with cattle tuberculosis. There is no public health concern as milk from commercial dairies is pasteurized, killing bacteria with heat. Animals from the 26-hundred head dairy were being prepared for sale and some reacted to TB skin tests. Follow-up blood tests also were positive.

Texas state veterinarian Dr. Bob Hillman said samples were collected from two of the cattle slaughtered for examination, and the tissues were submitted to the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa for additional testing. The lesions are microscopically compatible with TB, and additional tests have detected the DNA, or the basic genetic material of the disease.

Dr. Hillman said - an epidemiological investigation has been launched to determine the source or possible spread of the disease. Dr. Hillman noted that one TB-infected herd will not affect the state's status, but two infected herds within a 48-month period will result in a loss of TB-free status.

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