TB: Wildlife officials monitoring cattle tests

APNewsNow.With BC-NDBovine TB Bismarck, N.D. (AP) State wildlife officials are prepared to test wild animals if bovine tuberculosis is found in a southwestern North Dakota beef cattle herd.A cow from the herd recently tested positive at a Minnesota meat processing plant, so the whole herd is being quarantined and tested.Randy Kreil, wildlife chief for the state Game and Fish Department, says bovine TB can spread to wild animals like deer and elk, which can in turn spread it to other cattle herds. He says the department is closely monitoring the herd tests, which are likely to take a couple of weeks.Information from: The Dickinson Press,


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DNR plans special deer hunt in northwest Minn
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has set a special deer hunt in northwestern Minnesota as part of its effort to fight the spread of bovine TB.The hunt is scheduled for Dec. 27 to Jan. 11 in permit area 101.Deer can spread the highly contagious pulmonary disease. The hunt is intended to thin the deer herd and lower that risk of contaminating more cattle herds.Once the special hunt concludes, the DNR says it may hire sharpshooters to further reduce deer populations in the area.
http://www.kxmc.com/News/311461.asp

ASK Signs,,, Free from Game and Fish

http://gf.nd.gov/maps/ndlsc-signs.html

Game and Fish video on Baiting Deer

http://gf.nd.gov/multimedia/pubs/baiting-video.html

Minnesota baiting article

http://www.startribune.com/sports/outdoors/34307179.html

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