Update Dr Richard W Smith Assistant State Veterinarian over Ruminant Programs Bovine TB Program Coordinator Wildlife Risk Mitigation Project Goal To work with approximately 1000 farms in Michigans TB zones to develop individual biosecurity plans for each farm ID: 344781
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Wildlife Risk Mitigation ProjectUpdate
Dr. Richard W. SmithAssistant State Veterinarian over Ruminant ProgramsBovine TB Program CoordinatorSlide2
Wildlife Risk Mitigation Project GoalTo work with approximately 1,000 farms in Michigan’s TB zones to develop individual biosecurity plans for each farm.
Why do farms in the TB zones need a biosecurity plan?Slide3Slide4Slide5
Wildlife Risk Mitigation Project’s Objectives
Protect stored feed from wildlife intrusions
Provide water that has not been contaminated by wildlife intrusions
Feed cattle safely
Where cattle pasture
How & where fed feeds are fed to cattleSlide6
ResultsProject began in August 2008
2009-340 participating farms-340 farms verified2010-349 participating farms-348 farms verified2011-186 participating farms-186 farms verified2012-83 participating farms-80 farms verified
2013-69 participating farms-48 farms verified
Totals:
1,027
farms participated
1,002
farms verified (98%)Slide7
How Many Farms Are Still Unmitigated?
MAAZAntrim - 18/118 15% 1 herd with 20+ cattleCharlevoix - 14/98
14%
0 herds with 20+
Cheboygan - 39/134
29%
0 herds with 20+
Crawford - 100% mitigated
Emmet - 18/131
14%
0 herds with 20+
Otsego - 11/70
16%
0 herds with 20+
Presque Isle – 34/125
27
%
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herds with 20+Slide8
How Many Farms Are Still Unmitigated?MAZ
Alcona - 28/89 31% 3 herds with 20+ cattleAlpena - 54/219 25%
9 herds with 20+
Montmorency - 15/88
17%
2 herds with 20+
Oscoda - 27/69
39%
2 herds with 20+Slide9
Has WRM Helped Prevent TB Infections?
Program benchmark: 2 winter inspectionsSince 2009 Three bovine TB infected farms that had been winter verified twiceAll of these farms were located in DMU 452
Two of these farms were previously infectedSlide10
Has WRM Helped Prevent TB Infections?Two farms that had entered the program for
a short while (one a few months, the other a few days), but were found infected prior to ever being winter inspected even onceSince 2009 there have been five bovine TB infected farms associated with wildlife intrusions that were not verified as Wildlife Risk MitigatedSlide11
Conclusion From Results
Farms in core area (DMU 452) may require additional attention to details of farms’ biosecurity plan.Because of increased risk of TB infected WTD grazing pastures in core area there is likely a increased risk to cattle.Research has demonstrated it takes 20-30 hours of sunlight to kill the bacteria (M. bovis
) deposited on grass in infected saliva.Slide12
WRM Project’s ResponseAs a result of finding two farms in 2012 the WRM Project field staff reached out in 2012-2013 to producers in DMU 452 to:
provide info on where TB has occurred within 5 mile radius of their farmlook for any chinks in farm’s planEmily Sewell-Alpena Conservation District Office
Wildlife Services field staff-Gaylord WS Office
About 50% of farms in DMU 452 requested a biologist to visit their farm.Slide13
WRM Project’s ResponseAsked MSU for assistance in researching:
the safety of wet wrapping hay - Dr. Grooms will present the findings this afternoon at 1:30the safety in presenting salt in areas where it can be accessed by wildlife - I will present the findings this afternoon at 1:50Slide14
WRM Project’s Response2013 survey of producers in DMU 452 regarding:
How they viewed the possibility of a State sponsored herd buyout program similar to what Texas did in the El Paso watershed
25% favorable (13/51)
H
ow they viewed a State sponsored cost-share program to fence pastures
57% favorable (36/63)Slide15
Benefits of WRM ProjectPractical - keeping cattle from being infected by bovine TB
39% (20/51) of infected farms in TB zone no longer have cattleSlide16
Benefits of WRM ProjectMAAZ
Has helped TB Program to move MAAZ counties to higher statusIf mitigated no need to do pre-movement testIf not mitigated must do pre-movement test at own expenseIf mitigated no need for cattle to have post-movement test
If not mitigated purchaser must do post-movement testSlide17
Benefits of WRM ProjectMAZ
Cost-share program (2009-2013)$1,136,952.97 provided in MDARD funded cost-share grants74 cost shared hoop barns
4 cost-shared feed storage fences
MDARD sought out Federal funding (2011)
$1,500,000
provided through NRCS’ EQIP ProgramSlide18
Questions?