The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-05-14
STAMPING OUT
AND CONTROLLING
Infections and Contagious Dis
eases Of Animals In Kentucky.

/ ~ NOho' ODtheS oho NiOththE
tious diseases of animals is gain
ing prominence and encourage
ment from the stock owners. They
are demanding assistance in wiping
out diseases, and are ever ready to
take all precautions necessary to
avoid the introduction of disease
into their herds. The stock own
er is realizing that infectious dis
eases may be diagnosed, restrain
ed, prevented and even eradicated
by the intelligent use of reliable,
biological laboratory products,
such as vaccines, bacterins, sera,
toxins and antitoxins, and his IN
Outstanding of these products, to-
gether with their proper applica-
tion, has convinced him. Where
is the stock man who would ques-
tion the reliability of black leg
vaccine to save his herd from black
leg9 This vaccine is used more
than all others combined, and
saves many young herds from
complete destruction in black leg
season.
The shippers of horses and mules
are using bacterins and antitoxins
on their horses and mules to pre-
vent catarrhal fever or influenza,
and they are lowering the mortali-
ty due to diseases incident to ship
ping. This is a wonderful pre-
ventive and has cut the mortality
in the st. Louis stock yards to q
per cent. where before its univer-
sal use the loss was from Is to 90
per cent.
The use of anti-hog cholera
serum has established itself with
the swine breeders. The loss from
this disease alone would cover the
deficit in Che State Treasury. The
demand for this serum is about
four times the capacity of the
Experiment Station laboratory to
produce it. In the past three
years, qualified men have vaccinat-
ed 10000 hogs for Kentucky far
mers at. a nominal price. This
work has necessitated from one to
five experts in the field, whose
services have been free to the
owners, their expenses having
been paid by the Experiment Sta
ton. This work. of stamping out
cholera has saved farmers large
sums of money, and, in order to
make it available to every swine
owner, the qualified veterinarians
are being commissioned to admin
lister serum in their respective ter
ritories. The serum is furnished
by the Experiment Station at
figure below the cost of produc-
ton.
The eradication of bovine tuber-
culosis is making Roadway. Many
towns realize this source of danger
and have sanitary codes that neces-
state the tuberculin testing of all
dairy cattle supplying milk for
human consumption. This was
first inaugurated by the State
Board of Health, and the dairy
men and cattle owners now realize
the Importance of having their
herds free from tuberculosis.
The law allows no indemnity for
diseased cattle, and the problem
of eradication is purely public
health and a public spirited prob
lem. The owners are to be COM
mended for the manners in which
they have cleaned their herds of
this disease.
The United States Bureau of
Industry recognizes this
fact, and to foster and encourage
the eradication of tuberculosis
from the herds, has extended the
services of experts, free to cattle
owners, through the efforts of the
State Board of Health and the
Live Stock Sanitary Board. While
the city of Lexington can rightly
boast of low bacterial count in
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