The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-09-20
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SERUM BEING USED
DEPARTMENT. Or AGRICULTURE
MAINS, AGAINST PROPRIETARY
NoSTRUMs.
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WASHINGTON, -. G., Sent ~
Moro antihoR-choleTa serum wa9g
afirafavtnredf'hast 5'e,a. than in any.
aspiops ye@ts despite a decrease m
thesarnpuat a l!og cholera, ACCORDING,
toSrnppts u the United States De-
pertinent Dr. Agriculture. The IN.
creased demand for antihog-choleraa
sermn Is as@ibGa' 10 the greater yolue
OF hogs, WITH tbe consequent greater.
loss when one dis, and ,tQFthe fact,
that hQg raisers are becoming more.
iappreoiatige OF the value OF asint
serum manufactured under Federal
supervision.
Department Of Agriculture officials.
warn hog raisers against the indis,
!, ci(ninate use Of medicines or .proprie.,
lary.5preparations other than serams,
pas 4 gNl erience has shown that no.
atlAng except serum, properly prepart
ed and administered, is effective
bMedioilge soth9r than seams. accori.i
ing to department officials, are worse
thaH-uselessi because they not Only
fail TO eurei or pretent disease, but
alloWthe loss OF the animals they are
advertised to save, thus taking money
from the farmer and meat from the
Nations supply.
{. As1I}}t,j.tQxiEss, geilnls'. and ttheraAole
,l3ssiesaat products for, tl(e treatA1etlt' or
Aqmestic animals lpust be, prepared
! ia Establishments operated undar%y liz
censes issued by the Secretary Of
ASficlllthfe before they may be- iaar-
kdted@ legally in interstate trade Pro
, 9ncts Of licensed establishments arc
under the supervision of
trained veterinarians and their assist.
ants Of the Bureau Of the bureau Of
Animal Industry of the Department
! siTty.eight veterinarians in addition
fAa forty one inspectors and clerks,
arb now engaged in this work ana are
sgl3Pfadt4d in eleven States.
Eso Safeguards Required.
Faderal regulations require that I'll
ani9als used in the PREPARATION Or
.tte4 ny Of antihog-cholera serum anu
.hgo-cholera virus, both of which axe
uFha in the treatment of hogs in the
prbEention, of hog cholera, be FRO.
cured direct from farms and not rams.
-p6rfed through stockyards or siinilaF
;ela6es where they might be exposed
bo| contagious diseases, AS an addi,e
tEonal safeguard all animals must not.
sqplX be Inspected by bureau veterinar.
iaas at the. time they are presented
oa1 asagsis s,4p .sa, li&spss9 saatali4ah
lnents, but each animal is carefully,
ilespeeted at the time Of inoculahpn
as VET as Immediately before bleed
.ing for the production Of either 9icE3'
or serum.
j, Testing of Products.
. Veterinary biological products, after
being properly prepared, arc tested
by laboratory methods and upon All.
mails to determine whether they are
free from concentrating organisms
and will accomplish the object fWi
which they are intended.
Federal inspectors, as well as era
ployees Of establishments, are requira
ed to. keep satisfactory records rela.,
tive to the inspection and manufacture
of all products. In the year 1917,
ESQ ,041 900 cubic cenrimeters Of anti.
'hoschQlvra serum were collected in
licensed establishments. OF. tn 8.
amount 1,S67,1O6 cubic centimeters
were destroyed as unfit for use.