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Why isn it the responsibility of the owner of the affected herd to pay for exposed herd testing?

April 26, 2017affected herd owner pay responsibility Testing

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Why isn it the responsibility of the owner of the affected herd to pay for exposed herd testing?

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We do not know that the herd diagnosed with trichomonosis is the source of infection; therefore, we cannot make testing all neighboring herds the responsibility of that owner. The original source of infection may be one of the neighboring herds or a different source entirely.