• Clinical Signs of Bovine TB in Wild Deer - Pictures

• Clinical Signs of Bovine TB in Livestock - Pictures
Tuberculin tumors in the lungs of a 2-year old heifer.

• Significance
Although bovine tuberculosis is a disease most affecting livestock and wildlife, the human issues surrounding the disease are of equal importance. The public health and general welfare of the people of ...

• Transmission and Development
There are many different types of Mycobacterium but the two most important, M. tuberculosis and M. bovis are the only ones which can be spread between humans and animals.

• Clinical Signs and Pathology
Bovine tuberculosis is a chronic disease, and small lesions in livestock and wild white-tailed deer often are not readily recognized.

• Diagnosis
The diagnosis of bovine TB in animals involves the use of several diagnostic tests. The results of each of these tests are used in combination to make a definative diagnosis.

• Treatment and Control
There are effective antibiotic treatments for humans contracting tuberculosis. Treatment of livestock and wildlife is not practical or efficacious. Prevention and control methods are used to eradicate t ...

• Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Project
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is close to being eradicated in the United States, but still poses a significant risk to domestic livestock, wildlife, companion animals and humans ...

• Description and Distribution
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium bovis. Bovine TB primarily affects cattle, however, other animals may become infected.

• FY 2011 Bovine TB Annual Report 
MDARD Eradication Activities

• Feral Swine TV Commercial
Shoot wild hogs in Michigan

• Radio Message on 2011 Incentives Campaign
$200 for TB positive deer

• Link to Sportsmen Against Hunger
Donate your venison - find a participating processor

• Apparent Prevalence of bovine TB in NE Lower MI
Most of this is private land, you must get permission to hunt hot areas in NE Lower MI

• YouTube Video - an Explanation of Michigan's Current Status
"B" Roll - an Interview with Dr. James Averill

• Get Your Head Checked! 
Find the deer check station closest to you

• USDA Approves Bovine TB Free Status for 57 Michigan Counties 
News Release September 14, 2011

• Michigan Map of Bovine TB Zones 
TB Free, MAAZ, and MAZ

• Bovine TB Zoning Rules and Split State Status 
Booklet for Michigan Cattlemen

• US Federal Register 9 CFR Part 77
State and Zone Designations: Michigan

• Hay Feed Cows Not Deer 
Billboard on 127 south of Grayling

• Electronic ID tags in Michigan cattle 
Michigan leads the nation in cattle traceability

• Testing for Bovine Tuberculosis and Chronic Wasting Disease in Michigan's Wildlife 

• Agency Contacts
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