Delving deeper into BJD saga

Matt Sherrington
Updated September 22 2015 - 1:33pm, first published December 3 2014 - 4:55pm
Mr Taylor said three hours after the Vanrook ruling was made the BJD regulations were amended to incorporate ‘bison strain’ in with ‘cattle strain’ due to Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry John McVeigh’s insistence to “remove any doubt that it covers all strains of Johne’s disease, including the bison strain.”
Mr Taylor said three hours after the Vanrook ruling was made the BJD regulations were amended to incorporate ‘bison strain’ in with ‘cattle strain’ due to Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry John McVeigh’s insistence to “remove any doubt that it covers all strains of Johne’s disease, including the bison strain.”

THE news that Chief Justice Tim Carmody at the Supreme Court of Queensland ruled in favour of Vanrook station’s appeal against the State of Queensland regarding quarantine restrictions placed on them as suspect carriers of the ‘cattle strain’ of Bovine Johne’s Disease (BJD) has created a maelstrom of activity from within the Queensland cattle industry.

Matt Sherrington

Journalist for the North Queensland Register.

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