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  • Montana's Governor Calls Emergency Meeting of the Board of Livestock for May 29

    Ralph Maughan

    Governor Brian Schweitzer, along with Bill Hedstrom, Chair of the Board of Livestock and Christian Mackay, new Executive Officer of the Department of Livestock today called an emergency meeting of the Board of Livestock in light of 7 Montana cows testing positive for the disease brucellosis last week. “This is a very serious issue for…

  • Montana to capture 260-plus bison for slaughter tomorrow.

    Ralph Maughan

    They haven’t found any reason why the cattle at Bridger, Montana turned up with brucellosis. They know it wasn’t bison. But, they can’t just let scientific investigation run its course. They have to kill something. So tomorrow they will be rounding up the approximately 250 bison that keep leaving Yellowstone Park to feast on the…

  • Unraveling brucellosis source isn't simple matter

    Ralph Maughan

    Unraveling brucellosis source isn’t simple matter. By Mark Stark. Billings Gazette. In other news, or lack of it, Idaho media continue to be uninterested in the brucellosis story despite Idaho’s loss of brucellosis free status and a number of recent public meetings on rules to help regain that supposedly coveted status.

  • More on the Montana brucellosis

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is the latest news as reported by the Bozeman Chronicle. By Scott McMillion. The infected cattle at Bridger, Montana, might have originated from near Emigrant (closer to Yellowstone Park, but still not an area where they would ever encounter bison). [Governor] Schweitzer said last week that it doesn’t appear the infected herd ever commingled…

  • Brucellosis confirmed in Montana cattle herd

    Ralph Maughan

    Well surprise, brucellosis has actually shown up in Montana livestock, and it didn’t come from bison. The news article says there is a possible link to elk. Well duh! Elk passed brucellosis to cattle in Wyoming and Idaho, and both states lost their “brucellosis free status.” I predicted it for years, while they were yelling…

  • "Ich" hits Idaho state fish hatchery for the second year in a row.

    Ralph Maughan

    Disease strikes Idaho fish hatchery, killing 250,000 rainbows. By John Miller. Associated Press.

  • Ebola-like virus killing fish in Great Lakes

    Ralph Maughan

    This sounds very serious. It could spread. Ebola-like virus killing fish in Great Lakes. USA Today. By Dennis Cauchon. post 1072

  • Wyoming sheep show up with the dread disease scrapie

    Ralph Maughan

    Scrapie was the first discovered prion disease. There are those who believe it was the origin of both mad cow disease and chronic wasting disease, including the human variant of mad cow disease. Sheep kill planned after rare disease found. By Kathleen Miller. Associated Press writer post 1053

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