When hunters in Dearborn, Franklin and Fayette Counties take the field tomorrow morning for the opening day of the deer firearms season, they will face an additional challenge: Bovine TB. Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic bacterial disease that primarily affects cattle but can be transmitted to any warm-blooded animal such as raccoon or whitetail deer. Like some other deer diseases, it is difficult to detect until the animal is on the verge of death and it can also be transmitted to humans, though such cases are rare.
Bovine TB Potentially Affects all Hoosiers
Bovine TB Potentially Affects all Hoosiers
Bovine TB Potentially Affects all Hoosiers
When hunters in Dearborn, Franklin and Fayette Counties take the field tomorrow morning for the opening day of the deer firearms season, they will face an additional challenge: Bovine TB. Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic bacterial disease that primarily affects cattle but can be transmitted to any warm-blooded animal such as raccoon or whitetail deer. Like some other deer diseases, it is difficult to detect until the animal is on the verge of death and it can also be transmitted to humans, though such cases are rare.