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UM&R APPROVED FOR TB ERADICATION IN CAPTIVE CERVIDS

	HERSHEY, Pa., Nov. 8, 2005 - The Tuberculosis Committee of the U.S. Animal 
Health Association (USAHA) approved a "Uniform Methods and Rules" for eradication 
of TB in captive cervids at its meeting here this week.  This document sets standards for 
eliminating the disease in captive deer, elk and other cervid herds.

	The committee also went on record as requiring a negative TB test on dairy cattle 
that are moved interstate.

	Finally, the committee called for instituting provisions that would allow feeder 
cattle from specific states in Mexico to enter the United States only if they go directly to 
an "approved feedlot." 

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