The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-11-03
Aera Plan For Fighting Of the
tuberculosis In Cattle FAVORED

beruculoSiS from swine pepenus on
! its eradication from cattle. No data
are availble at this early, date to
indicate the influence which the
area testing will have upon the in
| cidence OF the disease in swine.
However, 1t is believed that free
| ing areas from bovine tuberculosis
will reduce to q minimum the per-
cent found in swine.
Tubercuiin Testing
1.-THE large number OF cattle
tested during the past year afford
| ed a wonderful opportunity for the
regular employed veterinary in
spectors to perfect their knowledge
OF the various tests and continued
pI ogTess was shown not only in he
individuals knowledge Of the work
hut also in standardizing methods
| throughout the service. This
| knowledge was also extended TO
| ne approved and accredIted vetel
| inarians who were taking over the
" credited work. The demand l.
area testing is largely responsible
for the huge number of cattle test
ed by the intradermic method alone.
This method has met the demands
of the service as 1t has been re-
ported that rsteSts applied TO
ing the APPLICATION of the intrader-
mic methods have shown uniformly
est as showing the extent Of the
cooperation of the various states
are statistics which show that the
ureau forces tested fifty three, per
cent Of the herds; fify five percent
| Of the cattle and obtained 1875 per
| cent of the total reactors. This is
believed to be as near $3.50 propo-
sion as can be obtained.
Close supervision was again Civ
en- the slaughter of reacting cattle
| with a view Of ascertaining the
percentage Of no apparent lesion
| cases, actually existing. 1t was
found the same as last year, name
ly S.S per cent. OF especial interest,
where the data (January to June
inclustye) which showed that Of
the 42.770 Teactors slaughtered, l.
423 or 31.3 percent sowed- skin les
ions only that one percent of the
! total reactors showed udder LESSONS
and that there were So varitieS Of
other obscure lssions> reported.
The combined state appropria
tons for last year for tuberculosis
eradication work, totalled approx.
mately $4,000, 100000. The amount
| provided in the Federal appropria-
ton, for operating expenses, was
| amle for the demands Of the serv-
ice only by reason OF the fact that
! the indemnity funds were so limited
I as to prohibit the employment of
the additional veterinary service
demanded by the livestock indus
Try. The original 81 200, 10000 was
| allotted to the various states on
the basis parct cally one. third OF
the amount of state funds available.
On or about October LIST, 1921 it be
came apparent that the aspiration
was insufficient for the period COW
cred by the appropriation. Inter.
| ested livestock aSences were active
in securin gan additional $500, 10000
for the payment of indemnities,
which became available on Decem-
Der 18th, 1921. This enabled the
office to proceed with the work un.
til about the first of last June, at
which time the amounts allotted
he several states again became
exhausted. Congress Met the emer-'
sency in its appropriation bill for
the fiscal year 1928, by providing
that such part OF $500, 100000 of the
| S2,227 ,00e.00 carried for tuberculos-
| is eradication work as was needed.
Minnesota Has Problems
Minnesota has been pioneer IN
general policies followed by the
| live stock sanitary board, up to the
present time are--tFfrst, the federal
state co operative accredited herd
plan. desire to note here that
Minnesota was the first State to &C
cept this plan in 1917, due to the
! fact that he boaAd had been working
along similar lines for several years
| tn hof TINA Thois- connnd
policy is a direct public health meas
urs. in my Judgment, as it now ben
efits the consumers of milk in over
forty cities and towns that require
the testing of all COWS furnishing
raw milk to these municipalities
by paying indemnity to the owners
| OF all reactors disclosed.
Their third policy is that OF pay
ing indemnity on all reactors dis
| closed as the result Of tests of pri-
Fate veterinarians, upon approval
! by the Board.
"All of the policies of the board
have been along conservative lines,
and the money entrusted to the
wisely spent. 1t is my'desire, how
ever. to justify past State eUpendi
lures en- the grounds of the total
NUM- Der OF herds under supervision.
or the total number Of accredited
, herds, or as public health measure.
but upon the justification that all
money spent in his State has re-
| suited in answers to the fundamen-
| tails underlying this entire situation,
which are highly essential to fur
Their progress, viz; What will it cost
to control and eradicate cattle and
hog tuberculosis in Minnesota? AS
the result OF all activities during the
past five years, and the careful
checking of the relative merits of
the different tests now in use, we are
prepared to give reliable information
not only as to the incidence of the
diseases in cattle lby counties in
swine as we'll in many counties. We
are able to tell you how long it will
take to test all the cattle in a county
county or State wide under the pres
DDS of testing. We are able to tell
approximately the number Of dis
eased cattle that are in county, or
the entire State; at the present
time, and also the cost Of indemnity,
county or State wide under he pres
en- Law.
after summarizing all data the
Live Stock Sanitary Board invited
breeders, and others Interested u the
livestock industry throughout the
State, to a conference on July 7th
WHICH resulted in committee of
Eve being appointed to render rec
concentrations at a later date. On
October 3rd this committee recon-
mended to the Board that the COM
ing State Legislature be requested
to appropriate $500, 100000 annually,
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