STATUS REPORT - FISCAL YEAR 2007 COOPERATIVE STATE-FEDERAL BRUCELLOSIS ERADICATION PROGRAM

摘要

Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 exemplified the "tail of the dragon," a maxim often used to describe the steadily declining prevalence of brucellosis affected cattle herds in the final years of eradication efforts. A single brucellosis affected cattle herd wasdisclosed in a Brucellosis Class Free state while no new brucellosis affected cattle herds were disclosed in the single Brucellosis Class A state. With final eradication imminent, maintaining effective and efficient surveillance is a program priority. FY2007 program activities have focused on developing effective brucellosis surveillance and assessing ways to restructure the nation's brucellosis laboratory system for greater efficiency. Additional program activities continued to focus on furthering cooperative efforts to develop concepts to eliminate brucellosis from the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA).