UPDATE ON THE US NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM FOR BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS FISCAL YEAR 2007

摘要

Primary surveillance for bovine TB in the United States (U.S.) consists of slaughter surveillance for granulomas and skin and blood testing in cattle. The national granuloma submission surveillance program for adult cattle met or exceeded the target rate of five submissions per 10,000 adult cattle killed for the sixth consecutive year as of the third quarter of federal fiscal year (FY) 2007, with 15.2 granuloma submissions per 10,000 adult cattle killed. A total of 10,286 granulomas were submitted from US plants. A total of 36 of the top 40 adult slaughter (90 percent) establishments met the target rate of five submissions per 10,000 adult cattle killed. Four establishments were at 18, 43, 73 and 79 percent of the standard as of the third quarter of federal FY 2007.