LANSING — Join the Michigan departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture and Rural Development, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services and Michigan State University Extension, for updates on Michigan’s bovine tuberculosis program, followed by a presentation on deer health issues that hunters may come across in the field.
Tom Cooley, wildlife biologist and pathologist from the DNR’s Wildlife Disease Lab, will present on common diseases and parasites found in Michigan deer and what they could mean to hunters. USDA Wildlife Services will talk about its surveillance work and what we have learned in the core TB area about how deer utilize cattle farms.
Herd & Hunter Bovine TB Connections meetings are great opportunities for the groups most affected by bovine TB to get the latest information and discuss how we can work together to improve our communities.
Meeting dates:
5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17
Jay’s Sporting Goods
1151 S. Otsego Ave.
Gaylord, MI 49735
6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18
Knights of Columbus Hall
601 Columbus Drive
West Branch, MI 48661
— Michigan DNR and MDARD
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