Bovine Tuberculosis Prevalence in Deer Unchanged in 2009

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Deer Hunting News | No Comments »

A total of 31 white-tailed deer tested positive for bovine tuberculosis in 2009, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment announced today. No elk tested positive for the disease. In Deer Management Unit 452, the core area of concern, 1.9 percent of deer tested for TB were infected, the same percentage as in 2008. Elsewhere in the five-county tuberculosis zone, .4 percent of deer tested a positive a slight, but statistically insignificant, increase from .3 in 2008. Read more..