The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-15
HAS FAITH IN
TUBERCULIN TEST
CITY VETERINARIAN KEYS TALKS
OF THE WORK.
Says that He Thinks the Dairymen
Are Mistaken When They Say that
Cows Killed Last Week Were Not
Suffering From Work
Will Go On.

Almost as many cattle have been
tested for tuberculosis in Minneapolis
as in the entire United States, outside
of this city. That should convince al
most anyone that the health officers
of this city know a little about the
subject, - declared DR.. A. A. Keys,
city veterinarian, in discussing the. OPP.
men IS association to the cattle inspec-
ton of the health department. The
association has appointed Dr.. c. G. Ly-
ford, as expert, to represent it when
cattle are killed after being con-
demned by the tuberculin test He
does not represent the association on
the state livestock sanitary board, as
has been stated.
According to the report from the as
ing the dairymen have a laugh on
the state board for having killed many
perfectly healthy, cattle after the
use Of tuberculin as means Of de-
tecting tuberculosis. It is announced
that the association has discovered
that one-ffth Of the animals con-
demned by the state board are "per-
fectly healthy" this statement being
based on the supposed fact that two
carcasses of the ten cows killed last
week did not show tubercular LESSONS
EXamlnatlOn was TASTY. 81
II want to set the dairymen and the
public right on this particular inspec-
ton and correct some misstatements,o
says DR.. Keys. Instead of ten cattle
there were sixty-three condemned, and
these were all killed one day last week
at South St. Paul by the inspectors of
the United States bureau of animal in
dustry. Of these forty-two were owned
by Riedell & Nelson and twenty-one by
D. D. There's, both herds being located
at Fridley. One cow in the Riedell &
Nelson herd and one in the There's
herd did not show tubercular LESSONS at
the post-mOrtem examination: This
does not prove that the disease did not
exist. On the contrary, the chances are
that both animals were diseased. The
examination was naturally a hurried
one and the inspectors relied only on
lungs, the tactical and other prominent
glands, but the tubereles might have
been in the spinal cord. or in some
! of the minor glands or tissues of the
flesh. The LESSONS are untloubtedly
there, tho it might take a microscopic
examination to reveal them. It can
not be said that any animal was per
fectly healthy until a scientific micro
scOpic examination has been made.
!" In four years and four month.
Minneapolis officials have tested $4,000
cattle with tuberculin and Of this nun
/ Der we have condemned about 1900
In only four of the 1900 no traces o.
tuberculosis were found. altho tn,
chances are that all four were. dis
eased. The United States bureau O.
animal industry holds the tuberculil
do all authorities.
We shall continue the work here, il
spite Of all opposition. We have con
demned twenty-five more cows in tn
/ Riedell & Nelson herd and these will
be killed at once. A representative O
/ the dairymen or anyone else will be fre
! to watch the post-mortem examina
/ tion. = ~
! DR.. corbett's Opinion.
DR.. J. Frank Corbett, city bacterial
ogist, corroborates DR.. Keys in tn
statement that the government official
/ approve of the tuberculjn test and re
gard it as practically infallible. Ac
] cording to government reports, Is pc
cent of all cows which have reacte
from the tuberculin test are capaGl
4 of producing tuberculosis. This consti
i tutes serious state of affairs.
i The dalrymen are also agitating sc
/ we're inspection for dairies which shi
milk to the city by rail Milk InsS &c
Tor w. u. EMcCau says JndJ. JheY VII
i have the heartiest cooperation fror
i the health department. The local Off
4 GERS had the matter quite we'll in han
/ Until interfered with by the state boar
of health, which at that time had iuris
i diction over animal diseases. The La,
is not as effective as might be desired
ibut the outside dairies viii be brough
in line as rapidly as possible.
GOPHER TEAM SHUT OUT
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