480 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



eradication of bovine tuberculosis is being deliberated upon. 

 England has had a Royal Commission on Tuberculosis 

 investigating this malady for several years, whose work has 

 been alluded to in a previous report of this Board. 



At the conclusion of the International Congress in Baden- 

 Baden, last August, the following resolutions were adopted : — 



The Prevention of Tuberculosis amongst Domestic Animals. 



1. The prevention of tuberculosis in cattle is urgently needed. 



2. The extinction of bovine tuberculosis on the part of the 

 owners (voluntary extinction) is practicable, and should be uni- 

 versally aimed at. It demands the slaughter of dangerous tuber- 

 culous beasts as soon as possible, as well as careful protection of 

 calves and healthy animals from infection. The voluntary extinc- 

 tion of bovine tuberculosis should be encouraged by the State, 

 through the dissemination of con-ect views respecting the character 

 of tuberculosis, respecting the modes of infection and the impor- 

 tance of tuberculin inoculation, and be supported by State grants. 

 The best means hitherto known for the prevention of tuberculosis 

 among domestic animals is tuberculin. Tuberculin should only be 

 supplied under State control. In any case it should be given to 

 veterinary surgeons alone. 



3. A State prevention of bovine tuberculosis is thoroughly to 

 be recommended. If it is applied with a certain caution, it can 

 be carried out, and will hinder the further increase of the disease 

 and will gradually stop it. The prevention requires : — 



(a) The obligation of the veterinary surgeon to give the legal 

 notice of every case of proved tuberculosis in the exercise of his 

 practice. 



(&) The quickest possible slaughter of dangerously tuberculous 

 animals (particularly those animals which are affected with 

 mammitis, tuberculosis of the uterus and of the intestines, as well 

 as pulmonary tuberculosis), compensation being granted by the 

 State, and the proliibition of the return of buttermilk from the co- 

 operative dairies until it has been sterilized. 



The Use of the Flesh and Milk of Tuberculous Animals. 

 A. Of the Flesh. 

 Granted that a general compulsory inspection of slaughter 

 animals exists before and after slaughter, the following measures 

 are to be prescribed, in view of dangers for the health of the 

 people which may be connected with the consumption of the flesh 

 of tuberculous animals : — 



