Western Canadian animal health surveillance activities

Animal health surveillance programs across the four western provinces

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Population Unit
animals
Surveillance Start Date
Jan/16/2020
Surveillance End Date
Jul/20/2020
Project End Date
ongoing
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Dec/20/2020

Bovine Tuberculosis in British Columbia Wildlife

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The BC Wildlife Health Program, in collaboration with partners (First Nations, the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)), is conducting bovine tuberculosis testing on hunter-harvested deer to monitor for bovine tuberculosis in a localized area of the B.C. interior: Management Units 3-12, 3-19, 3-20. To date, bovine tuberculosis has not been detected in BC wildlife.
mycobacterium bovis
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tuberculosis