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Farm News: Colorado Dairy Cow Postive Bovine TB

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Posted: 06.15.2010

Bovine Tuberculosis has been confirmed in four cows in a Colorado dairy herd. Bovine TB causes internal lesions in infected animals.  It is spread primarily by respiratory aerosols being exhaled by infected animals and can then be inhaled by animals or humans. 

The problem was discovered in March when internal lesions were discovered on a Southern Colorado cow at a slaughter facility. Subsequent tracing and testing has led to the discovery of the additional positive cattle. 

Officials says meat from the infected animals did not enter the food chain; commercially sold milk is pasteurized, killing bacteria with heat, so there is no public health concern when consuming pasteurized dairy products.

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