The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-18
DAIRY CATTLE
IN GOOD HEALTH
OFFICER FINDS
H. c. Tuck, States yeterin.
arian,. Examines IS Cows,
But Finds no Disease.
URGES DAIRYMEN TO
TEST THEIR CATTLE
Official Explains to Milkmen
How<tO Get Serum for
Examinations.

Deputy State Veterinarian II. c..
Tuck, of Columbia, No, arrived in this
city Tuesday morning, where he came
at the request of a number of local
dairymen who desired to have their
herds tested for tuberculosis,
He took up his work soon after his
arrival, and yesterday afternoon COM
pleted the task, having examined sew
en- herds in whierwere a total of about
Is head of cattle.
In announcing his report to the
Tribune last evening, DR.. Tuck said:
81 have tested the herds of Willis
Martin, S. E. Collins, C. H. Haman,
Aug. Haman, w. j. Hit, R. NJ. Pick
ems and B. d. Stevens, about rs in all.
"There was not the slightest sus-
pcct in the entire bunch. They were
all native cattle and We do not ex-
pect to find such trouble except in cat
tie that have been brought in or ma
tive cattle that have been exposed to
cattle that were shipped in.
when these tests are desired by
dairymen, application should be made
to the State veterinarian or to the
secretary of the State Board of Agri-
culture at Columbia, Mo. We make all
tests free Of charge, and as near as
we can, We test for everybody making
application. We try to economize on
railroad fare and get them punched as
much as possible, and wait until "a
number in the neighborhood desire the
service.
eve make the tests free of charge
and if there are any diseased animals
the State pays for them.
"When we go to make the test we
use the Intradermal Tuberculin Test
and in giving the tests we are compell-
ed to make two trips. We make an
injection into the skin of three or four
drops of tubercuiin and then we go
back in As to 72 hours to see the re-
suit, and it was only this afternoon
that l completed my second round.
When an animal has tuberculosis there
is a swelling in the skin at the point of
injection.
This is a new test and one that only
few of the States are using. Mis-
souri, was the first to adopt it Off
cially. We have been using it since
1911. 1t is rather complicated test
but we like it better, because it is ac-
curate and much more easy to apply.
"We also look out for any other dis
eases, contagious, especially, which
might be. dangerous to the animals of
the herd or which might make the ami
NAL unfit to use for milking purposes.
eve have tags furnished by the
Missouri Board Of Agriculture and we
place the tags in the ear of every ami
NAL we test, and keep a record of it
by the number on the tag, so that if
any man sells an animal he can write
to the office and we can furnish him
a health certificate from our record,
or tell him who owned the COW at the
time she was tested and give him
some history as to where she came
from.
"Where the herd tests sound, we
issue a health certificate giving the
number of cows in his herd and the
several tag numbers.
eff we find diseased animals in the
herd they>a are taken out and another
test is made within 80 days to see that
none of the other animals have con-
tracted the disease
GAS soon as the condemned animals
are killed the State pays for them.
The price to be paid for the condemn
ed ones is set by three appraisers ap-
pointed by the County Court, and the
law allows them to appraise grade
animals at not more than $40 per
head, and registered pure bred ami
mails at not more than 5000 per head.
an addition, We give the owner a
shipping permit and allow him to ship
these cattle TO be sold for immediate
slaughter, subject to government in
spection. They are subjected then to
a most rigid port norton examination
by the U. S. Meat Inspector, and if
under their rules for meat inspection,
the carcass is considered fit for food,
it is stamped. inspected and passed
for use as food. But they are only
passed for food in cases where the le-
sions are very slight, possibly one or
two glands which do not render the
carcass unfit for food and are consid-'
cred harmless.
''If the LESSONS are found to be such
that the carcass is not fit for food,
it is condemned and the owner is al