CONCLUSION 



Our co-operative agreements with the Uni 

 Agriculture-Animal Plant Health Inspection Se 

 proven invaluable in attaining our present hi 

 diseases such as Brucellosis and Tuberculosis 

 have helped us enormously with pet shop work 

 programs. We are indebted to the Farm Bureau 

 legislative help. The licensed veterinarians 

 and vaccinations for us have made it possible 

 closely than ever would have been possible wi 

 Division of Animal Health is severely under-s 



ted States Department of 



rvices (USDA-APHIS) have 



gh-degree of freedom from 



. The agents of MSPCA 



and all of our equine 

 Federation for their 

 who conduct fee-basis tests 

 to cover the State far more 



thout them. The office of the 



taffed. 



We hope against considerable odds to be able to maintain a high 

 position of freedom from disease in our domestic flocks. We and the farmers 

 and the producers we serve recognize the need for financial responsibility, 

 but a major disease outbreak could and would cost far more than present 

 savings could ever justify. 



The Division of Animal Health's budget for fiscal year 1981 was 

 $462,400 which included funding the Division of Poultry. 



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