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Board hears updates on foot‑and‑mouth, African swine fever, New World screwworm and H5N1 surveillance
Summary
State veterinarian Brian Deese briefed the board on recent international and regional detections (foot‑and‑mouth in Cyprus and Greece, ASF surveillance in Europe, New World screwworm in Tamaulipas and H5N1 dairy surveillance) and described exercises, revised plans and lab capacity work to bolster Minnesota preparedness.
Brian Deese, the Board’s state veterinarian, walked board members through multiple emerging‑disease concerns and preparedness steps.
On foot‑and‑mouth disease, Deese said recent European incursions are under investigation: “In February, Cyprus had detections of foot‑and‑mouth disease in some cattle… and just last week, I believe it was, Greece also had a detection,” he said. Deese added that sequencing suggests a relationship to an outbreak in Turkey and stressed the importance of cross‑jurisdictional tracking and exercises.
Deese announced a…
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