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creased funds available for 1961, eradication 

 activities can be accelerated and by the end of 

 the year should be back to an adequate level. 

 In combating brucellosis as in any other dis- 

 ease, the sooner all areas are brought into the 

 program the lower will be the ultimate cost of 

 eradication. 



Epidemiologists specially qualified in brucel- 

 losis eradication activities are being assigned 

 to the various States as the need arises. They 

 are carrying out detailed programs designed 

 to eliminate the disease from all remaining in- 

 fected herds. Backed by competent laboratory 

 services, these veterinarians are utilizing all 

 known procedures for detecting and eliminat- 

 ing brucellosis. Their progress during the past 

 year in cleaning up formerly infected herds 

 has been gratifying. 



New Hampshire brucellosis free 



The most significant event in the brucellosis 

 eradication program in 1960 was the attiiin- 

 ment by New Hampshire of brucellosis-free 



status. To achieve this status all herds in an 

 area must be tested within a period of 18 

 months. Any herds that were formerly in- 

 fected must be negative when retested, thus 

 leaving no known foci of infection. In addi- 

 tion, when brucellosis is found or suspected in 

 other species of domestic animals, they must 

 be retested and the disease eliminated. 



New Hampshire has had an active brucel- 

 losis eradication program for many years. This 

 State was the second to achieve modified-cer- 

 tified brucellosis area status; it reached that 

 goal in 1949. At the beginning of the pi'o- 

 gram, in 1934, 49 percent of all herds and more 

 than 10 percent of all cattle tested in the State 

 were infected. During subsequent years the 

 total number of infected animals identified and 

 removed approximately equaled the cow popu- 

 lation of the State.. When compared with early 

 losses, New Hampshire has consistently made 

 a 100-percent profit on the State-Federal in- 

 vestment in brucellosis eradication, for the an- 

 nual cost of the program has been only one-half 

 of what former losses had been. 



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