Eliminating Mycobacterium Bovis in California Mycobacterium Bovis is a strain of tuberculosis that affects mainly cattle, humans, and wildlife. In 1917, the United States Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Program was established in order to eliminate M. Bovis from the United States. This has been implemented by a state to state basis. Today, all states aside from Michigan and California are considered “M. Bovis free”. Mycobacterium Bovis is a concern as the signs are difficult to identify until the advance stages when respiratory symptoms arise. In fact, the disease can have an incubation time from months to a year. Many states use tuberculosis tests on different herds to find the disease before it becomes too prominent. California is not one
