The Bismarck tribune., 1922-04-03
MANY MATTERS
ARE TAKEN UP
BY STOCK BODY
Live Stock Sanitary Board Re-
ceives Reports Upon Con-
ditiOns in the State
OUTBREAK OF CHAMBERS


tended with in the vicinity Of New
Rockford, large number Of animals
being exposed thrugh the prevalence
of the disease in community pas
ture. One thousand nine hundred and
twenty-nine horses were mallein test
ed. 81 being condemned and destroyed
1t is believed the disease is practically
eradicated at this time.
Al serious outbreak OF horse mango
also occurred in the New Rockford
territory. A. large number of horses
were affected and exposed Owing to
the severity of the weather, it was im'
possible to apply treatment to eradi
cate the disease The community is
now arranging for dipping tanks and
when conditions will permit, all dis
eased animals, and exposed animals
will be properly treated SO that the
disease will be eradicated.
It would appar that the horse indus
try has passed through the most seri-
GUS stage Of financial depression, as
it is anticipated there will be grad
ual increase in the demand for horses
and their value will be considerably
enhanced in the near future.
Eradication Of tuberculosis.
A campaign for the eradication OF
bovine tuberculosis has been continued
during the period. Five hundred and
sixty herds have been established as
fully accredited tuberculosisfree herds
From July 1, 1921, to March l., 1922, g.:
373 herds have been tuberculin tested
comprising 45,277 cattle; 1921 animals
were found affected with tuberculosis,
practically all these animals having
been slaughtered. Owing to the ex.
cessively low value Of beef products
during the last several months, verp
little has been secured from the sale
of the salvage Of the condemned ami
mails which, accordingly, has made an
increased drain on the fund provided
for indemnity. +.
Both state and federal funds were
so depleted in this respect that these
departments were compelled to sus
pend the tuberculin testing Of any new
herds of cattle until after, July first
when new federal appropriation will
be available. After July first, the work
will be taken up in the way of testing
new herds so far as possible, as the
conditions of the fund will permit. II
is anticipated that possibly some fl
nancial assistance may be secured
through an appeal to the State Emer-
gency Commission.
Rules were established by the State
Live Stock Sanitary Board, providing
for the uniform appraisement of cattle
condemned on account of tuberculosis
In view of the fact that such animals
can be sold for no other purpose but
immediate slaughter, their value must
be largely. based upon what they are
worth from the beef standpoint, due
consideration being given to the grade
of cattle, whether common grade cat
tie or pure bred cattle.
Both the federal and state regula
tions provide that, after herds of cat.
tie have been fullp accredited, they
must be- tested annually by an accred
tied veterinarian and the test made al
owners expense. *:
Effect on Milk.
he executive officer drew to the at
tention Of the board, an address made
by DR.. w. A. Evans, former city health
commissioner of Chicago, his subject
being 'Why Health Departments Ar>
Interested in the Tuberculosis -Eradi
cation Campaign" DR.. Evans was a
pioneer. in his efforts to establish a
milk ordinance requiring that all milk
sold in the city of Chicago come from
;tuberculin tested cows or that said
products must be pastuerized.. DR.
Evans made the following statements
in his address which he supported by
statistics and other authorities:
I. Bovine tuberculosis causes dis
ease and death directly by injecting
human beings.
Q. 1t lessons the supply of milk and
increases it's cost, though indirectly
, predisposing to tuberculosis and other
preventable disease.
8. It lessons the meat supply and
increases it's cost and in other ways
increases the cost Of living.
4. It. decreased the profits to the
milk producer and farmer.
5. The relationship between the hu-
man and bovine tubercle bacilli leads
health departments to the opinion that,
while programs for the repression ,of
human tuberculosis which take no note
Of tuberculosis in other animals may
be successful, the time to strike for
the suppression of human tuberculosis
cannot come until the program for con-
troll of bovine tuberculosis is we'll ad-
vanced.
From DR.. Evans remarks it can be
readily seen that the eradication of
bovine tuberculosis is extremely i'm
portant from public health stand
point, in view OF the fact that the dis
ease is fully demonstrated as being
transmissible to the human family, es-
pecially young and growing children.
1t would be readily seen that money
expended in the eradication Of bowie
tuberculosis reflects towards the pre-
vention of this disease being contract
ed by the human family.
During the past winter, number of
sporadic outbreaks of bloody diarrhea
were reported It has been fully dem
onstrated by the examinations made at
the laboratory that these outbreaks
were due to a specific cause, known as
Coccidiosis. While no serious loss has
occurred through the disease, there
has been some confusion in recogniz-