bovine tuberculosis

For the first time in around 50 years, bovine tuberculosis has been detected in a cattle herd in Montana. The state livestock department says meat inspectors at a plant in Minnesota detected the infected cow and traced it back to a herd in Blaine County. That herd is now under quarantine.

The Montana Department of Livestock is investigating three cases of bovine tuberculosis with potential connections to Montana herds.The three diagnoses,…