The cattle in quarantine cannot be sold, and Ottawa is offering financial assistance with winter feeding costs
Financial assistance will be available to help Alberta and Saskatchewan ranchers cope with expenses from having cattle in quarantine during a bovine tuberculosis investigation. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay made the commitment Nov. 24 in the House of Commons. “I am pleased to confirm that, working with the province, we are committed to compensate these […] Read moreTag Archives TB — page 2
Feds announce help for TB quarantine crisis
Assistance is coming to producers faced with extraordinary costs as a result of being quarantined due to bovine tuberculosis. Help is coming through the AgriRecovery program, which is designed to provide help during a disaster like a disease outbreak when cattle cannot be sold. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAuley said today in a news release that […] Read more
CFIA staff adequate to conduct TB tests: chief vet
Canada’s chief veterinarian says it has enough resources to test all the animals quarantined due to tuberculosis in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. During a special meeting of the Senate agriculture committee Nov. 29, Harpreet Kochhar of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the testing requires specially trained veterinarians to draw blood and perform skin tests. […] Read more
More cattle positive for TB
Ranchers with cattle herds in quarantine travelled to Ottawa Nov. 21 to give a briefing scheduled the following day to the federal agriculture committee. Brad Osadszuk, owner of the cow initially confirmed with bovine tuberculosis, and others were invited by the committee to brief members on the situation in southeastern Alberta that now has 36 […] Read more
Western Canada ranchers fear going ‘broke by spring’ as disease spreads
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Ranchers in western Canada whose herds are under quarantine due to the spread of bovine tuberculosis told federal legislators on Tuesday that they desperately need to sell cattle or collect compensation to avoid financial disaster. Ranchers who raise calves typically sell them in autumn to feedlots, where they are […] Read more
TB takes terrible toll
‘I was sick for the industry:’ Alberta ranchers worry about what happens next after one cow was diagnosed with tuberculosis
BROOKS, Alta. — Sleepless nights and worry: that’s what about 50 ranchers in southeastern Alberta are experiencing as their cattle herds remain in quarantine. One cow that grazed in a community pasture near Jenner and Suffield was diagnosed with tuberculosis in mid-September after being shipped to the United States. The cow belonged to Brad Osadczuk, […] Read more
