By The Canadian Press

Multiple ranches being tested for bovine tuberculosis near Medicine Hat

Oct 28, 2016 | 2:19 PM

MEDICINE HAT – Thirty ranches near a military base in southeastern Alberta are currently under quarantine, as food safety officials test for bovine tuberculosis.

The disease is carried by elk. There is a herd of about 7,000 living on the Suffield Canadian Forces Base.

In September, U-S food inspectors detected the disease in one animal that had been shipped into that country for slaughter.

Officials at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced October 19 that they placed the herd on one property under quarantine for further testing.

An agency spokesman says the animal in question came from a ranch near Jenner, about 100 kilometres northwest of Medicine Hat, which is next to the base.
 

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