June 18, 2010 — It’s back to business after all the cattle on Rose Angus Farm in Olive Hill tested negative this past week for Bovine Tuberculosis. When owner Jason Rose arrived home from work June 8, a written note on his front door caused immediate concerns about a cow he sold in November on the market. Dr. Jan Leslie, DVM with the Kentucky State Board of Agriculture Animal Health Division in Frankfort, traveled to the Mauk Ridge farm to inform Rose she had a government order to test his herd. The problem began when two beef cattle in Fleming County, one being Rose’s, tested positive recently for TB, reported State Veterinarian Robert C. Stout. As of June 14, authorities were waiting results for a third cow, which could take up to 10 days. The disease was discovered when one of the cows from the Fleming farm was slaughtered in a Pennsylvania plant and checked positive. The rest of the Fleming herd was quarantined and tested, indicating one was positive and the other pending. Stout assured the three animals did not enter the food supply.
http://themoreheadnews.com/local/x657336688/Government-officials-test-cattle-on-Olive-Hill-farm-for-Bovine-Tuberculosis
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