Canada cow diagnosed with tuberculosis

OTTAWA -- A five-year-old beef cow from a herd in Canada’s western Manitoba province has been diagnosed with bovine tuberculosis (TB), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday.

The animal was ordered destroyed and no part of the infected cow entered the human or animal food chain, the CFIA said in a statement. There were also no public health risk associated with this case and Canada’s status in the international trade of animals and animal products was not affected by this finding, it said.

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