Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-15
State Urges Abortion
Test of Dairy Cattle
Rules and Regulations Providing for
the Control of Bang Abortion
Disease I'm Cattle I'm
Minnesota.
Bang Abortion. Free Accredited Herd
(Plan Al

Adopted December 81, 1928.
Approved by Attorney General,
January 10, 1929.
Whereas the State Live Stock Board
of the State of Minnesota has power
and authority under and pursuant to
the provisions of Chapter 80, General
Statutes of 1923, to make such rules
and regulations as it may deem ex-
pedient for the protection of the
health of the domestic animals of the
state:
Therefore, be it resolved by the
State Livestock Sanitary Board of the
State of Minnesota, that certain rules
and regulations providing for the test
ing of cattle for Bovine Infectious
Abortion and for Abortion-Free Ac-
credited Herds. Adopted December 90,
1926. be and the same are hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
A mimeOgraphed sheet relating to
undulant fever in man, and two print
ed sheets giving plans devised>by the
State Live Stock Sanitary board for
the eradication of Bangs Abortion
Disease contagious abortion in cat
tle) have been sent to all health Of
ficers by the Minnesota Department of
Health and substance of the plans fol-
low:
1. A Bang AbOrtion-Free Accred-
tied Herd" is one in which no evil
dence of Bang Abortion has been
found in three blood tests, at least
six months apart, of all cattle, in
Guiding all calves in the herd.
2. The owner must place his herd
under the supervision of the Mime
sofa State Live Stock Sanitary Board,
for the prevention and control of Bang
Abortion.
3. A list of cattle tested shall be
furnished to the board at each time
test is applied so that each blood
sample can be identified by the name
and registry number of animal, or
herd tag number.
4. All reacting animals shall be
placed in a separate herd. preferably
on a different farm, entirely separate
from the non-reacting herd.
5. Retests of herds in which re-
actors are disclosed shall not be made
earlier than thirty days nor later
than six months from the date of last
test of such herds.
6. A Bang Abortion-F Free Accred-
tied Herd" shall be retested at least
annually. If reactors are disclosed
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the tests as required in paragraph 1.
T. Animals which have reacted to
the blood tests or which have showed
physical evidence of the disease, may
be added to accredited herds or herds
in the process of generalization after
they have passed three negative blood
tests, six months apart. Provided.
however, all such animals have been
held in strict isolation for period of
at least sixty days Immediately pre-
ceding the last test
8. Herd bulls must not be used for
service on cattle which have not been
tested and found free of bovine in
fictitious abortion. Service must be on
neutral ground.
8. All milk and milk products used
in "A Bang Abortion-Free Accredited
Herd" or herds in the process of ac-
creditatiOn, shall be either produced
by "A Bang Abortion-Free Accredited
Herd" or shall be properly pasteur-
lied.
10. Cattle from Bang Abortion
Free Accredited Herds" may be adj
ded to such herds or herds in the
process of generalization without test.
If shipped, the car used must be
cleaned and disinfected. and public
stOckyards must be avoided.
II. All cattle, with the exception
of calves under six months of age, to
be added. other than those from
Bang Abortion-Free Accredited
Herds must pass blood test ap-
approved by the State Live Stock San
itary Board and must be isolated;
they must pass second blood test
approved by the board, made not ear
lier than sixty nor later than one
hundred and twenty days. Calves