Brucellosis

By Brian Yablonski, CEO of the Property and Environment Research Center. In a move that will benefit both ranchers and wildlife in our region, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently…

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is issuing a draft policy statement through the Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) on research with…

The Wyoming Livestock Board will hear a request this Thursday from Dr. Jim Logan, the state’s lead veterinarian, to consider repealing the Brucellosis Area of Concern. The particular area in…

Helena, Mont. – The Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) is proposing a change to the boundary of the Designated Surveillance Area (DSA) for brucellosis. The proposed administrative rule change is…

HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA)and Montana Public Lands Council (MPLC) submitted comments to USDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in support of the removal of…

(Helena, Mont.)—United Property Owners of Montana has filed suit against the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (“FWP”) seeking declaratory and injunctive relief related to violations of MEPA, MAPA,…

Two elk recently sampled in the Ruby Mountains of Southwestern Montana were found to have been exposed to brucellosis. 100 elk were sampled by Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks for…

Helena, Mont. –  On Monday, December 30th the Montana Department of Livestock reported that a single cow on a Madison County ranch within Montana’s brucellosis Designated Surveillance Area (DSA) has…

Helena, Mont. – The Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) will be holding a series of informational meetings on brucellosis regulations.  In October of 2018, requirements for brucellosis vaccination of female…

Wyoming State Veterinarian Dr. Jim Logan has been notified that cultures are positive for field strain Brucella abortus (Brucellosis) on a cow from one Park County cattle herd. Results were…