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raising the calves from the diseased cattle, removing 

 them as soon as dropped, however, from the dams, this 

 being known as the Bang method. 1 Slaughter, based only 

 on the results of the tuberculin test, is an insane and 

 expensive method of extermination of this pest, recom- 

 mended by some bacteriologists and veterinarians; it is 



GIVING THE TUBERCULIN TEST. 



time enough to slaughter when the animals shown to be 

 affected by the tuberculin test also show clinical symp- 

 toms, as mentioned above. Sunlight, pure air, good food 

 and tonics, oil meal, etc., will all aid in keeping animals in 

 good health, in which condition they are practically more 

 or less impregnable to the germ. It is a good plan to 

 test with tuberculin all animals brought into the herd, 



Bang is a noted veterinary professor at Copenhagen. 



