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Committee approves anthrax protocol bill after stakeholders say board already adopted guidance
Summary
House Bill 90 would codify an anthrax outbreak notification and response protocol. Livestock board staff and industry groups said the board has already developed the requested protocol, but committee members amended a minor testing term and advanced the bill.
Representative Davis presented House Bill 90, which sponsors described as creating an established notification protocol for anthrax outbreaks and giving the Livestock Board authority to coordinate notification among livestock producers, veterinarians, brand inspectors and other agencies. The sponsor said the recent anthrax outbreak near Elk Mountain, which included human infections, highlighted the need for a protocol.
Steve True, director of the Wyoming Livestock Board, told the committee the board and the state…
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