LANSING) – Bovine tuberculosis was recently confirmed in samples taken from a two year old steer from Huron County. The animal was identified as possibly diseased and removed from the human food chain by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Service, who inspects each animal during processing. Using the steer’s radio frequency identification, MDARD rapidly identified the farm in Huron County that sent the animal to slaughter. Also included in the animal’s record, were two prior farms in Presque Isle County where the animal was located. The identified farms will be tested to ensure the disease is not present. In addition to the Presque Isle County farms being tested, a three-mile surveillance area has been established around the affected farm in Huron County. Farms within the special surveillance area will have six months to complete bovine TB testing. An informational meeting to discuss this finding is scheduled for Monday, November 14, 2016 at 7 p.m. in the Breakfast Room of the Holiday Inn Express & Suites located at 55 Rapson Lane West, in Bad Axe.
