The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-05-14
|LESSEN|NG AND
STAMPING OUT
Infectious and Contagious
Diseases
OF ANIMALS IN THE STATE
Fine Work Being Done, Back
ed By State and Nation.
al Authorities.
GOOD WORK SHOULD SPREAD

veterinarian, backed by the state
and National authorities, in con-
controlling and checking infectious
inence and encouragement from the
stock owners. They are demanding
assistance in wiping out diseases,
and are ever ready to take all pre-
cautions necessary to avoid the in
PRODUCTION of disease into their
herds. The stock owner is realiz-
ing that infectious diseases may be
diagnosed, restrained, prevented
and even eradicated by the intelli-
gent use of reliable biological labo-
ratory products, such as vaccines,
bacterins, sera, toxins and antitoX-
ms, and his understanding of these
products, together with their prop
er application, 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 the 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 catarrhalt fever or influenza,
and they are lowering the mortali-
ty due to diseases incident to ship
ping. This is a wonderful preven-
tive and has cut the mortality in
the St. Louis stock pards to 2 per
cent. where before it's universal use
the loss was from 10 to 90 per
cent.
The use of anti-hog cholera Sc
rum has established itself with the
swine breeders. The loss from this
| disease alone would cover the def
icit in the State Treasury. The de-
mand for this serum is about -four
times the capacity of theEXperiment
Station laboratory to produce it. In
the past three years, qualified men
have vaccinated 10000 hogs for
Kentucky farmers at nominal
price. This work has necessitated
from one to five experts in the field
whose services have been free to
owners, their expenses having been
paid by the Experiment Station.
This work of stamping out chole-
ra has saved large sums of money,
and. in order to make il available
to every swine owner, the qualified
veterinarians are being commits
stoned to administer serum in their
respective territories. The serum
is furnished by the Experiment Sta
ton at a figure below the cost of
production.
The eradication OF bovine tuber-
culosis is making Roadway. Many
towns realize this source of danger
and have sanitary codes that ne
cessitate the tuberculin-testing of
all dairy cattle supplying milk for
human consumption. This was first
inaugurated by the State Board OF
Health, and the dairymen and cat
tie owners now realize the import
ance 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 manner in which
they have cleared their herds of
this disease.
The United States Bureau of An
imal 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 Tie efforts OF the state
Poard Of Health and the Live Stool
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 ev-
cry animal furnishing milk TO con-
sumers in that city was tuberculin-
tested for the owners, free of
charge. by Government men. A to-
tai of approximately 1900 dairy
cows were tested, and all diseased.
as shown by the test. were sla""Nt-
cred before the public and owners.