The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-09
Stamping Out And Controlling Infectious
And Contagious Diseases Of AMI
mails In Kentucky.

The great work being done by the
State Veterinarian, backed by the
State and national authorities, in con-
trolling and checking infectious dis
eases of animals is gaining prominence
and encouragement from the stock
owners. They are demanding assist
ance in wiping out diseases, and are
ever ready to take all precautions nee
essary to avoid the introduction of
disease into their herds. The stock
owner is realizing that infectious dis
eases may be diagnosed, restrained,
prevented and even eradicated by the
intelligent use of reliable biological
laboratory products, such as vaccines,
bacterins, sera, toxins and antitoxins,
and his understanding of these pro-
ducts, together with their proper ap-
pIication, has convinced him. Where
is the stock man who would question
the reliability of black leg vaccine to
save his herd from black leg? 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 prevent cat
arrhal fever or influenza, and they are
lowering the mortality due to diseases
incident to shipping. This is awonder-
full preventive and has cut the NOR
tally in the st. Louis stock yards to
2 per cent, where before it's universal
use the loss was from Is to 20 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 the
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 vaccinated 20, 200
hogs for Kentucky farmers at nomi-
nal 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 Station. This
work of stamping out cholera has
saved formers large sums of money,
and, in order to make it available to
every swine owner, the qualified veter-
inarans are being commissioned to ad-
minister serum in their respective ter
ritoT'ieS. The Serum is furnished by
the Experiment Station at figure be-
low the cost of production.
The eradication of bovine tuberculo-
sis is making Roadway. Many towns
realize this source of danger and have
sanitary codes that necessitate the
tubercuin testing of all dairy cattle
supplying milk for human consumption.
This was first inaugurated by the
State Board of Health, aud the dairy
men and cattle owners now realize the
Importance of having their herds free
from tuberculosis.
The law allows no indemnity for dis
eased cattle, and the problem of eradi-
cation is purely public health and a
public spirited problem. The owners
are to be commended for the manner
, in which they have cleansed their herds
of this disease.
The United States Bureau of Animal
Industry recognizes this fact, and to
foster and encourage the eradication of
tuberculosis from the herds, has ex-
tended 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 their city
milk supply, we must not overlook the
diaries at Paducah, where every ami
NAL furnishing milk to consumers in
that city was tuberculin tested for the
owners, free of charge, by Govern
ment men. A total of approximately
800 dairy cows We're tested, and all
diseased, as shown by the test, Were
slaughtered before the public and own
ers, and every animal condemned
proved on post norton to be diseased
Such work can not help but have &
: great influence on all cattle owners anC
make them realize the Importance Of
keeping healthy cattle in their diaries
The dairymen at Paducah deserv,
great credit and the consumers of tina
city can safely say that their mill
comes from diaries that are CAREFUL,
and honestly operated by progressiv,
and far-seeing owners. May their in
fiuence be spread to every town il
Kentucky, and reach every consume
and every producer, until it can b.
honestly said that there is not a Gov
in the diaries of Kentucky, supplyin,
milk for human food, that has tuber
culosis. The milk consumers must re
alize that the milk supply must be fire.
from disease and from cattle that hav
been tuberculin tested.