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More Moses Lake cows may have bovine TB

BY THE TRI-CITY HERALD
Published: Feb. 2, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. PST — Updated: Feb. 1, 2013 at 10:36 p.m. PST
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MOSES LAKE -- Eleven more cows at a Moses Lake dairy may have bovine tuberculosis.

State Agriculture Department spokesman Hector Castro said they responded to a screening test and have been removed from the herd for additional testing to determine whether they actually have the disease.

None of 1,350 cows in the herd can be moved while testing continues. Milk from the dairy is safe because it is pasteurized.

The state started the testing after the disease was found Jan. 8 in a cow at a slaughterhouse. No meat from the cow entered the food chain.

It's the first bovine TB seen in Washington since 1988.

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