Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1920 — Tuberculosis in Cattle. [ARTICLE]

Tuberculosis in Cattle.

The bureau of animal industry of the department of agriculture reports that tuberculosis in cattle was responsible for the condemnation of more cattle, slaughtered under federal meat inspection last year, than all other diseases combined. Information from the bureau shows that 59,547 carcasses of cattle were condemnecLon post-mortem Inspection and of that number 37,600 were the result of tuberculosis. In addition 53.652 parts of cattle carcasses were condemned for the same cause. The bureau points out that tuberculosis in cattle and hog cholera in sw’ine are the two most serious contagious diseases affecting meat animals, and there is evidence that a heavy loss occurs on farms in addition to condemnations at establishments where government inspection is maintained.