River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-01-22

/ there IS ample evidence that it has
no bearing whatever in regard to the
Susceptibility of the recipient and il
anything of that nature might be ex.
pccted, it would be that the product
would confer an immunity and the
administration of the tuberculin in nc
way lowers the resistance of the ami.
NAL relative to other diseases.
| "12. Lowering the resistance in
humans or other animals is a primary
factor in causing tuberculosis to gain
a foothold.
10. All animals, humans included
harbor tubercle bacilh, and the latter
are only waiting for the resistance Of
their host to be lowered to take adj
vantage of the situation.
I'D. If tuberculin itself does not
cause tuberculosis, it is at least an
important factor in causing it.
40. Healed tuberculous LESSONS can
be found in nearly every human or
Otnef amman at autopsy.
"2S. The proof of tuberculosis be-
ing present or absent is not made by
finding or not finding tuberculous
LESSONS at the autopsy"
We all know that any factor that
lowers the resistance of an animal
would be contributing cause to in
creasing the susceptibility of that
animal, not only>to tuberculosis, but
to other diseases, and humans in
large centers of population come in
contact with the tubercle baciiE very
often, but due to their resistance,
they are able to combat the invading
organism and do not become infected
Animals brought in contact with
tuberculous animals and prem
ises on which tuberculous ami
mails are kept, no doubt come in
contact with the gem, but do not all
become infected simultaneously We
have evidence of this wherein we
take a certain percentage out of a
herd, the diagnosis being made by
means of tuberculin tests, the dis
eased animals being removed and
slaughtered. The remaining animals
pass many subsequent tests, whereas
We're the diseased animals left and
allowed to commingle with the herd,
the whole herd would eventually con-
tact Tuberculosis.
In the large packing houses whore
federal meat inspection is maintained
every animal that goes to slaughter
receives an examination with special
reference to harboring tuberculosis,
as that is one of the diseases that is
communicable to man, and on the en-
tire slaughter but avery small per-
centage of tuberculous animals are
found, and as everyone knows who
had any of his herd slaughtered
as result of the tuberculin
test, there is certain percent
age of animals in which we fail to
demonstrate visible LESSONS, even
after the most exhaustive search is
made. These are the incipIcnu cases
that have not developed to the ex-
tent that they may be seen with the
naked eye. The presence of visible
LESSONS depends upon many things in
the animal; the animals resistance,
the virulency of the invading organ
ISM, time and other conditions favor
able or unfavorable, thot may sur
round the animal. ss.
"16. In many states the loss of
cows from tuberculin-testing has been
so enormous that the farmers are
trying to have laws passed to forbid
its use.
at. Many cows have been slaught-
cred after a modification of tubercu-
lin tests. In other words, some ami
mails will not react to any serum or
vaccine until their resistance has
been broken DOWN by the poison in
jected into them. It is like starving
a person before putting him into the
ring to fight. 1t makes him an easy
mark.
"18. If an animal is able to with
stand the tuberculin test, it may have
tuberculosis in the worst firm and
still not react. In other words, ami
mails will become immune to the test,
but the majority of them will sooner
or later die from the effects of the
test.
"21. Tuberculin injected into an
animal evidently breaks down the
observation-disclosures barriers and al
lows new infection to take place"
Every state in the union is at the
present time cooperating with the U.
S. Department of Agriculture in the
eradication of bovine tuberculosis,
and of course wherever this work is
carried on and propaganda similar to