FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BOAH and DNR to Host Two Community Meetings
on Bovine Tuberculosis in Brookville, Ind.
INDIANAPOLIS (12 January 2016)—The Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) and Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host two community meetings to discuss the bovine tuberculosis (bTB) situation in Franklin County, Indiana. This is an opportunity for the public to hear an update directly from both agencies and ask questions. (The presentation at both meetings will be the same.)
Meeting1:
Date: Monday, January 23, 2017
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Franklin County High School Auditorium
1 Wildcat Lane
Brookville, IN 47012
Meeting 2:
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Franklin County Government Center
Commissioner’s Meeting Room, Room 203 (2nd floor)
1010 Franklin Ave
Brookville, IN 47012
(Park on the north side of the building and enter the north side of the building.)
Both agencies have been working to test cattle and wild, white-tailed deer in the area since a Franklin County beef herd tested positive for bTB in April 2016. Since then, BOAH has tested more than 375 cattle herds and DNR has sampled nearly 2000 hunter-harvested deer to determine if the disease has spread or established in the area. To date, two cattle herds (on three sites) and one wild whitetail have tested positive for the disease.
More information about the disease and the investigation, as it develops, will be available on the BOAH website at:
www.in.gov/boah/2770.htm. ###
About Bovine TB
Bovine tuberculosis is a chronic bacterial disease that affects primarily cattle, but can be transmitted to any warm-blooded animal. TB is difficult to diagnose through clinical signs alone. In the early stages of the disease, clinical signs are not visible. Later, signs may include: emaciation, lethargy, weakness, anorexia, low-grade fever and pneumonia with a chronic, moist cough. Lymph node enlargement may also be present. Cattle owners who notice these signs in their livestock should contact their private veterinarian.
CONTACT: Denise Derrer, Public Information Director, 317-544-2400; dderrer@boah.in.gov
Denise Derrer
Public Information Director
Indiana State Board of Animal Health
Discovery Hall, Ste. 100
1202 E. 38th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46205-2898
Phone: 317-544-2414
www.boah.in.gov
