The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-09-21

prerequisite to such test, the only re-
portation Of the stations agent, as
above mentioned.
When animals are found which show
external evidences of the disease the
owner will be advised to destroy them
at once, as such animals are centers Of
infection to those around them and thus
are sources of increasing loss. In the
case of apparently healthy animals
which react under the tuberculin test,
the advice of the station will be that
they be slaughtered for beef under gov
ernmental inspection. first fattening
them for a few months II necessary.
Experience has shown that fat and ap-
parently healthy animals are occasion {.
ally found. on slaughter, to be in ad-
vanced stages of tuberculosis; but that
many of the animals which react to
the tuberculin test when first made In
tuberculosis herd, will be found to
be in the incipient stages Of the disease
only, and these may be safely used for
food IL slaughtered under proper in
spection, whereas If permitted to remain
in the herd they will soon become too
far diseased to be thus used and will,
moreover, become distributors of the in
| fection.
When cattle are held in order to pre-
pare them for slaughter they should be
kept entirely seperate from all other
animals-horses, sheep and swine as
well as cattle-and the milk produced
| by them should be thoroughly stearil-
lied before being used as food
In the case of valuable, pure bred
| cattle the station will advise the hold
ing of slightly affected females until
after dropping their calves, which
should be at once taken from their
dams and fed upon the milk Of healthy
| cows.
That the cleaning out Of a tubercu-
lous herd may be effectual the station
will recommend thorough disinfection
of stables, and will give instructions in
this work.
| BY the methods above indicated
destruction of a few badly diseased
animals, and slaughter under inspec-
ton of a larger number which were
found to be only in the first stages of
the disease, followed by thorough dis
infectant of the stables, and feeding the
calves upon the milk from healthy cows,
or that which has been sterilized, this
station has built up in three years a
herd of apparently healthy cattle upon
foundation in which nearly half the
animals were found to be tuberculous,
It Is therefore with great confidence
that we recommend this method to the
cattle owners of Ohio and offer services
in carrying it out.
| 1t should be distinctly understood that
the station does not propose to adver-
tse the presence of tuberculosis in any
particular herd of cattle. It's work, as
stated above, is confined to investiga-
ton and to the rendering of assistance
| to the cattle owners of the state In
ridding their herds of this destructive
and dangerous disease, and this work
will be so conducted as not to neces-
sarily increase the misfortune of having
| the disease in the herd.
| The station cannot make inspections
of breeding cattle for certification pur-
poses. Where such inspection is de-
sired application should be made 10
local veterinarians, accredited by the
secretary of the state live stock commits
sion, DR.. d. N. Kinsman, Columbus, o.
The foregoing offers are subject to
modification or withdrawal at any time.