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6) Saskatchewan cow tests positive for TB in the U.S.

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At a U.S. processing facility, tissue from a heifer tested positive for bovine tuberculosis and was traced back to a domestic cattle herd in Saskatchewan.

The CFIA said that the TB-positive heifer’s herd of origin in Saskatchewan was put under quarantine until testing could be done after spring calving. All animals over six months of age in that herd were tested for the disease last month.

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