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Wildlife Risk Mitigation ProjectUpdate
Dr. Richard W. SmithAssistant State Veterinarian over Ruminant
ProgramsBovine TB Program Coordinator
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Wildlife Risk Mitigation Project Goal
• To 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?
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Wildlife Risk Mitigation Project’s Objectives
• Protect stored feed from wildlife intrusions
• Provide water that has not been contaminated by wildlife intrusions
• Feed cattle safelyWhere cattle pasture How & where fed feeds are fed to
cattle
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Results• Project began in August 2008• 2009-340 participating farms-340 farms verified• 2010-349 participating farms-348 farms verified• 2011-186 participating farms-186 farms verified• 2012-83 participating farms-80 farms verified• 2013-69 participating farms-48 farms verified
• Totals: 1,027 farms participated 1,002 farms verified (98%)
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How Many Farms Are Still Unmitigated?
MAAZ• Antrim - 18/118 15% 1 herd with 20+
cattle• Charlevoix - 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% 4 herds with
20+
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How Many Farms Are Still Unmitigated?
MAZ• Alcona - 28/89 31% 3 herds with
20+ cattle
• Alpena - 54/219 25% 9 herds with 20+
• Montmorency - 15/88 17% 2 herds with 20+
• Oscoda - 27/69 39% 2 herds with 20+
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Has WRM Helped Prevent TB Infections?
• Program benchmark: 2 winter inspections
Since 2009 • Three bovine TB infected farms that
had been winter verified twiceoAll of these farms were located in DMU
452oTwo of these farms were previously
infected
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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 once
• Since 2009 there have been five bovine TB infected farms associated with wildlife intrusions that were not verified as Wildlife Risk Mitigated
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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.o Research has demonstrated it takes 20-30 hours
of sunlight to kill the bacteria (M. bovis) deposited on grass in infected saliva.
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WRM Project’s Response
As 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 farm• look for any chinks in farm’s plano Emily Sewell-Alpena Conservation District Office o Wildlife Services field staff-Gaylord WS Office
• About 50% of farms in DMU 452 requested a biologist to visit their farm.
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WRM Project’s Response
Asked MSU for assistance in researching:
• the safety of wet wrapping hay - Dr. Grooms will present the findings this afternoon at 1:30
• the safety in presenting salt in areas where it can be accessed by wildlife - I will present the findings this afternoon at 1:50
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WRM Project’s Response
• 2013 survey of producers in DMU 452 regarding:oHow 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)
oHow they viewed a State sponsored cost-share program to fence pastures 57% favorable (36/63)
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Benefits of WRM Project
• Practical - keeping cattle from being infected by bovine TBo39% (20/51) of infected farms in TB
zone no longer have cattle
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Benefits of WRM Project
MAAZ• Has helped TB Program to move MAAZ
counties to higher status• If mitigated no need to do pre-
movement testIf not mitigated must do pre-movement
test at own expense
• If mitigated no need for cattle to have post-movement testIf not mitigated purchaser must do post-
movement test
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Benefits of WRM Project
MAZ• Cost-share program (2009-
2013)o $1,136,952.97 provided in
MDARD funded cost-share grants
o 74 cost shared hoop barnso 4 cost-shared feed storage
fences
• MDARD sought out Federal funding (2011)o $1,500,000 provided
through NRCS’ EQIP Program
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Questions?