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Video: The status of the Bovine TB investigation

Learn more about how to find the source of the disease and how to reduce the risk of any additional outbreaks.

First phases of the Bovine TB investigation – Transcript

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency corporate introduction plays. It shows images that represent the work of the Agency, including a petri dish, strawberries, a growing plant, a chicken and a maple leaf.

Text: CFIA -Safeguarding with Science

Text: The status of the current Bovine TB investigation

On screen speaker: Former Chief Veterinary Officer for Canada 2014-2017, Dr. Harpreet Kochhar.

The CFIA has made good progress its bovine TB investigation in response to the detection of the disease in an Alberta cow in September 2016.

The CFIA has depopulated the infected herd and the highest risk herds that co-mingled with the infected herd. Six cases of bovine TB were confirmed in the index herd.

The CFIA has also identified animals that left the infected herd in the last five years - what we call trace-out animals - so that the trace-out animals could be destroyed and their herds could be quarantined and tested.

The CFIA is now testing herds that introduced animals to the infected herd in the last five years – what we call trace-in animals. The purpose of trace-in activities is to identify animals that may have been the source of the disease although a definitive source may not be found. The trace-in activities also reduce the risk of additional outbreaks from the trace-in herds.

Under the Health of Animals Act the Minister may pay for the fair market value of animals ordered destroyed as a part of a disease response. For commercial cattle, the maximum value is $4500 and registered animals are eligible for up to $10,000.

Text slate: The CFIA made processing compensation for producers one of our key priorities throughout this investigation. So far, about $40 million has been paid to affected producers.

Canada wordmark. Copyright Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (Canadian Food Inspection Agency), 2017.

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