The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-15
TUBERCULOSIS AGAIN
Fine Herd at the A. & M.
College Infected.
EIGHT OF THEM KILLED
THE OTHERS ARE BEING CARE
FULLY WATCHED.
GREAT DANGER FROM MILK AND BEEF
Every Dairyman and Cattle Raiser Should Have
His Herds Examined The Disease
Appeared Again at Expert
mont Staton
EIGHT OF THEM KILLED
GREAT DANGER FROM MILK AND BEEF
ment Station.

ment Station.
tuberculosis has again made it's APP
pearance here.
And again it is among the fine herds
of cattle owned by the State-at the
Experiment Station and the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College.
1t will be remembered that last spring
a large per cent of the fine herd
at the Experiment Station was found
to be affected with tuberculosis and
were promptly slaughtered and the
flesh thrown away as unfit for use, and
when discovered some seven or eight
of the fine cows were killed.
But it seems that the herd at the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College was
also infected. The slaughter of
the latter herd began last Fri
day. when one fine COW was killed.
Saturday seven more were slaughtered
and the flesh buried This meant a
total loss of about $500 pounds of beef,
but such steps are necessary to stamp
out the disease in community and the
college and station authorities are to
be commended for their prompt and
unselfsh action in the matter.
The remainder of the herds are being
carefully watched and quarantined and
If the disease again makes its appear
ance, the infected animals will be i'm
mediately killed.
All owners of dairies or beef cattle
should also have their herds examined
and kill any suspicious animals or
separate them from the rest of the herd.
Tuberculosis is nothing more or less
than consumption and there is positive
danger of transmitting the disease TO
human beings through the milk or flesh
of cows affected by it. 1t is a matter
Of such great Importance that every
good citizen ought to lend his efforts to
aid in arresting this dread disease. The
Experiment Station vii aid any citizen
in examination of suspected stock, when
ever possible and give Hch other assis-
tance as lies IN its power. 1t is de-
sirable that all suspected stock should
be examined and cleared of suspicion,
or isolated and destroyed, according az
they may be harmless or dangerous to
the health Of human beings.
Milk and meat of animals suffering
from the disease, are, without doubt,
often the means of communication of the
bacilli to human beings. For few, if
any, of the warm-blooded animals es-
cape; according to Koch, there is not
one that is not responsive to infection.
Prof. II. Il. Emery, Professor of Agri-
culture at the college, was seen last
night and he said:
1.-THE suspicion of one or two cows
being tuberculous led to tests which
confirmed the suspicion, but as a con-
siderable number of cows would not be
in condition to test until coming fresh
to milk, the milk has been pasteurized
and precaution taken to prevent any
spread until the diseased cows could
be pointed out. This has now been
done and the herd is probably free from
the disease.
Zone of the points of interest lies in
the possibility. of breeding up a healthy
herd from valuable animals which are
diseased. Five of the pure bred cattle
have been put aside-quarantined-and
will be kept to demonstrate this. The
grades of less value are the ones
slaughtered.
"a fuller report will be made by
President Holiday to the Board of
Agriculture at it's session to-day"