Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1919 — DAIRY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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FREE HERD OF TUBERCULOSIS Satisfactory Progress in Plan of Eradication Made During First Year of Work. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The tuberculosis-free accredited herd plan, inaugurated in December, 1917, and worked out in co-operation with the bureau of animal industry, United States department of agriculture, was slightly changed at the twenty-second annual meeting of the United States Live Stock Sanitary association held at Chicago in December. It was agreed to strike out the word “purebred” so

as to admit to certification grade herds in addition to registered cattle. The annual conference between representatives of the United States Live Stock Sanitary association and the Purebred Cattle Breeders’ association resulted in the further indorsement of the tuberculosis eradication campaign and a recommendation that the work be extended as rapidly as possible. The accredited-herd plan is to test cattle with tuberculin at the request of .the owner, eliminate any. reacting

I animals either by slaughter or by following prescribed sanitary measures, repeat the test at prescribed intervals, and list as tuberculosis-free accredited herds all herds entitled to that dis--1 tlnction. z Very satisfactory progress has been made during the first year of the work, and prospects for the future are bright. During the year 296 herds, I comprising 9.284" cattle, have been fully “accredited” as free from tuberculosis, and 1,462 herds, having 35,052 cattle, passed one successful test in preparation for certification. In addition 4,622 herds, both purebred and grade, totaling 98,002 animals, have been under supervision for the eradication of tuberculosis. Each month additional herds are added to the list.

Although Apparently Healthy These Animals Are Positive Reactors to the Tuberculin Test.