Anplasmosis, Cattle – Canada
ANAPLASMOSIS, CATTLE – CANADA (02): (MANITOBA)
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A ProMED-mail post
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
Date: 15 May 2009
Source: Canadian Cattlemen Magazine [edited]
Eight cattle herds in eastern Manitoba are under federal quarantine
in what may mean a temporary end to Canada’s status as free of
anaplasmosis, the Manitoba Co-operator reported Thursday [14 May 2009].
Dr. Lynn Bates, a veterinary program officer with the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Winnipeg, told the Co-operator’s Ron
Friesen the herds are in an area west of the Winnipeg River in the
rural municipalities of Lac du Bonnet and Alexander.
Within the 8 herds are a total of 305 infected cattle, or “reactors,”
detected through a periodically conducted national bovine serological
survey, Bates said.
Anaplasmosis is a reportable livestock disease in Canada, caused by a parasite of red blood cells. It affects domestic and wild ruminants but only cattle show clinical signs.
The disease can be transmitted in infected red blood cells by biting
insects and through contaminated instruments such as hypodermic
needles and dehorning equipment.
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