Surveillance initiative library - Maritime bulk milk testing

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Type (Project/Program):

Program

Surveillance type:

Active

Animal type:

Bovine

Disease agent:

Bovine leukemia virus;
Bovine viral diarrhea virus

Disease agent type:

Virus

Organization:

Maritime Quality Milk

Other organization:

Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC);
New Brunswick Government;
Newfoundland and Labrador Government;
Nova Scotia Government;
Prince Edward Island Government

Region:

New Brunswick;
Newfoundland and Labrador;
Nova Scotia;
Prince Edward Island

Production system:

Commercial, large-scale

Topic:

Endemic;
Production-limiting

Surveillance Start Date

Surveillance End Date

Project End Date

Feb/03/2022

Maritime bulk milk testing

A collaborative program between the dairy marketing boards of PEI, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Maritime Quality Milk, Atlantic Veterinary College conducts random screening twice per year for BVD and bovine leukosis in milk collected from dairy farmer’s bulk containers from each of the respective provinces. This is a voluntary diseases screening program.

bulk milk

dairy