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Bovine Tuberculosis Found in Michigan, Risk to Humans is Low

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, January 9th, 2001

Preliminary tests show a one-year-old whitetail buck shot by a hunter in Emmet County, Michigan, likely had bovine tuberculosis, state officials said December 8, 2000.

Although further tests were planned, experts were confident the results would be positive for the disease, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said in a statement. That would make it the first known TB-positive deer found in the county at the northern tip of lower Michigan.

As a result, feeding and baiting will be banned in Emmet County starting January 2001, said Bob Bender, the state's bovine TB eradication coordinator. In addition, all cattle, bison, goats, and...

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