In response to last week's announcement that two additional cases of tuberculosis had been found in dairy herds in California's Central Valley, a situation that will almost certainly lead to the loss of the state's TB free status, CCA has been in communication with both state and federal officials to ensure that the ongoing investigation and eradication efforts place as little as possible burden on the state's been cattle industry.
 

In letters sent Monday, CCA made a request to Chief Veterinarian John Clifford of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and State Veterinarian Richard Breitmeyer of the California Department of Food and Agriculture that they take every effort to avoid impacting movement and marketing of beef cattle out of California. To read the letter in its entirety, click here.