The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-12-30
INFECTED STOCK
SPREADS DISEASE


tuberculosis in domestic animals il
the state of Idaho are continuin,
vigorously and achieving results, ac
cOrdlng to DR.. j. D. Adams, director
OF the state bureau which is CO.
operating with similar federal agen-
cies.
More and more cities and villages
are passing ordinances requiring al
cattle to be tested befoer milk can be
distributed in the city limits, he says
and while the state of Idaho does no,
have compulsory testing law, the CO.
operation between cattle owners and
the state and federal bureaus has
been the best and has facilitated in
the progress made in the eradication
of the disease.
Specific Cases Cited
Doctor Adams tells in his statement
Of several specific cases in Idaho
where tuberculosis has raYaged the
animals of a farm, and even taken its
toll among the members of the farm
er's family. The following case, Doc
tor Adams says, not only shows how
the disease may ravage a whole farm
but also shows the methods of the
federal government in detecting and
stamping out tuberculosis:
Reports had been received from
slaughtering establishments where
government inspection is maintained
stating that many hogs coming from
certain district in Idaho had been
found on post-mortem examination to
have been affected with tuberculosis,
and condemned.
Animals TattOOed
IAN inspector was stationed at the
vsiv nfr oh s,ok H., IL,
ticular territory in Idaho, and a sys-
tenn of tattOOing Of animals coming
into this shipping point was inaugu-
rated, particularly the tattooing Of
hogs. Each owners hogs coming to
this market were tattooed with al
serial number, and the number re-
corded with the owners name. Gov
ernment inspectors at the different
slaughtering establishments over the
country were given knowledge of the
serial numbers used at this particular
shipping point in Idaho
A shipment of hogs was received
at one of the slaughtering establish
ments from this Idaho shipping point
where the hogs were being tattOOed,
and when slaughtered were found by
a federal inspector to be infected with
tuberculosis. The inspector at the
shipping point was notified that the
hogs tattooed with a certain serial
number were badly affeced with tu-
berculosis. He Immediately visited
the ranch,. which was traced by the .
tattoo number record with the own
er's name, and made an investigation,
stating to the owner that the remain
der of his hogs was probably affect
with tuberculosis, as the ones he had
shipped had been reported diseased.
The owner was surprised, for insofar
as he had any knowledge the hogs
were fattened and sent to market and {
seemed to be in good health.
Chickens Affected, Too
"On questioning the owner, the in {
spector ascertained that he had lost I
many of his chickens, and on investi- 2
gaiton the post-mortem showed con- |
clusively that they were dying Of tu- f
berculOsiS I
THE owner then stated that three t
years before his family COW had died e
OF some unknown disease. A heifer 6
calf, from this COW, was kept for a
family milk COW, was kept for fam r
lily milk COW, and at the time of the n
Investigation was years old and '
giving milk, which the family was a
using. S
'sThe inspector noticed that the a
little girl in the family was sitting in E
! wheel chair on account of having d
)ne limb amputated. The father won N
Tered at this time if her trouble could
nave been tuberculosis Of the bone.
The family COW, together with all of
he other cattle on the place, was II
ested and reacted to the test, and
we're slaughtered and showed extens-
We LESSONS of tuberculosis
Milk Gland Diseased
Doctor Adams cites case in the
Boise valley where milk COW in a
lerd was tested and reacted to the :,
est. She was slaughtered, and a s;
examination showed !.
lany LESSONS of the disease. One ex- 9, g.
ensive lesion, he says, was in the p
upermammary lymph gland, one of ~ ~
ne principal organs involved in milk u. IL
W
Another case was in Paris, Ill. A ~ "a
ow had been pronounced tubercular ~
y an inspector and tagged for s1augh- ~ u
,r. The owner took the tag off and y
Did the animal to his hired man for
,milv milk cow within tba nert civ tn
,onths ono If tbo birod MANS ob;1- la
rem, a girl 5 years of age, developed - ,,
lberculosis. Since then four others u u
ave developed characteristic symp- u
ms. There are seven children in the ol
lmily, and all but two have contract ce
the disease. One girl, II does not III
rink milk, and seems perfectly en-
ealthy This is also true of a six
onths-old baby, which has received 80
} cows milk. ma
The disease is found in hogs and VIC
)ultry, but cattle are considered the lei
,readers on account of other animals we
flowing them in feed lots.
Work Produces Results IN
Records Of the state bureau show fa1
at up to December 1, 1921, more by
an 10000 cattle have been tested in lea
e state and 5000 herds are under Kovt
pervision. A summary of the work tea
1920 showed that an average of 8 u int
n cent of cattle tested were tuber-
lar. The work, Of November, 1921, vid
ows that out Of 400 cattle tested at
ring the month Al animals reacted, sec
per cent indicating, Doctor Ad Cla
as says, that the spread of the dis lun