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A bovine tuberculosis-positive herd has been discovered in Alpena County, State Veterinarian Nora Wineland said on Monday in a press release from the Michigan Department of Agriculture.
She said the National Veterinary Services Laboratories on Nov. 10 confirmed the presence of bovine TB in one of the animals in a herd of beef cattle.
"As with all new findings of bovine TB in a cattle herd, additional testing will be done in the herd, and an epidemiologic investigation has been started to rule out the possibility of additional cases stemming from the affected herd," she said in the news release. "This finding underscores the need for cattle producers to work to protect their herds from TB, and that the continued collaboration of producers and deer hunters is vital to reduce deer numbers and deer pressure in order to better control the disease."