So it's possible they were infected in the USA.

TB? Got them in iron lungs yet?

Facetious comments are not appropriate at any time. Especially not in this one. These are farmers who are trying to earn a living by providing us non-farmers with food. Smarten up!

What matters is that they are infected, and any animals they have been on pasture with, trucked with etc. are all at risk.
Why would testing not be done right away ? bring them in from pasture and test them.
I am sure farmers carry insurance for livestock,they do for crops. It will be disapointing for them but I am sure there is compensation available.
Is there not shots available to prevent this kind of disease ?

Midnight -Perhaps the lady in Vanderhoof who's animals were seized and destroyed might be able to give you some insight on the topic. Not only does she still affirm the animal that tested positive was never her animal, it probably never was.
The animal found in a Montreal feedlot was traced back to Vanderhoof-and to her. The animal didn't match breeding, or description of color. Yet the Food and Inspection Agency isn't going to admit error.

She has not been compensated.

They took every living animal from the property and had them destroyed. Not one animal she had -tested positive for TB.
They even took her pet dogs, just to insure there was no risk.
To add insult to injury -she is not allowed to produce any food on the property for 3 years, no hay no animals. So you have wonder where that leaves her? I am sure its a little more than dissapointed!

I'd be sweating if I owned a cow in Quesnel !.

Thanks, just a mom. It is evident that there are many people who assume too much about agriculture;
-they have insurance
-the government will bail them out
-they will just have to learn to live with it, everyone else does
Folks, agriculture is usually a lifestyle choice, there is not a hell of a lot of money in it for the producer anymore, but many people choose to do it anyway. You cannot afford to insure everything, there are a few things you should insure, like the house, but as far as I know, nobody has insurance on a cow. How would it work? let's see, a wolf policy, a t.b. policy, a bloat policy, hardware disease policy, a wander off and get stuck in a swamp and die policy, a BSE policy, a hoof and mouth policy, lead poisoning policy (for when a mighty hunter mistakes a cow for a moose) well that should about cover it. Let's see, your steak will cost you $23.00 per pound, and that ain't cooked neither.

T.B. is very serious, they say it is on the rise again, world wide, and we have to control that for our own safety, never mind that of our food supply. Lostfaith's idea of embedded tracking chips is not bad, and that sort of thing has already been implemented. It started a few years ago as bar codes on ear tags, and as of last January, the ear tags have to be R.F.I.D. that is, they have an embedded microchip. All that does is simplify the identification process. Unfortunately, the ear tags can come off, and are usually lost. I believe that ultimately we will be actually embedding the chips under the hide of the animal, like they do already for pure bred dogs etc. In the meantime, the over zealous 'authorities' should not be decimating every living creature on the farm, or if they do, then there should be compensation for the people, to let them survive and keep their property until the quarantine is lifted.
metalman.

I agree too with the micro chip idea. Ear tags do get lost-replaced. etc. I think if the CFIA wants to incorporate a tracking system. It must be fool proof. I have a hard time digesting the abilities of the CFIA.

I am seeing too many errors, regulations not being followed to feel confident with them.