The purchase of cattle increases the risk of introducing an infectious disease to Ontario dairy and beef herds. By promoting and facilitating disease testing of high-risk cattle, the OAHN bovine network hopes to promote best practices for introduction of new animals into a herd and conduct surveillance for diseases of interest in the cattle population.
The OAHN Bovine project allows veterinarians to submit samples from newly or recently purchased cattle for a panel of tests: Salmonella Dublin, Bovine Leukemia Virus, Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (Johnes), and Anaplasma marginale.
Veterinarian Information-Disease testing for newly introduced cattle [1]
Producer Information-Disease testing for newly introduced cattle [2]
Submission Form-Disease testing for newly introduced cattle [3]