2. 



BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS 



There were one thousand and seventy-four (IjOTU) tuberculin 

 herd tests, forty-seven thousand two hundred and eighty-two 

 (U7,282) animal tests applied to which nineteen (19) head of 

 cattle were declared reactors, as compared with one thousand two 

 hundred and five (1,205) tuberculin herd tests and forty-two 

 thousand three hundred and twenty (l;2,320) animal tests applied 

 the previous fiscal year to which thirty- two (32) head of cattle 

 reacted. 



Of the nineteen (19) head of cattle declared to be reactors 

 there were "no gross lesions'* of tuberculosis reported at time 

 of slaughter. 



Two hundred and forty-one (2Ul) herds containing four thou- 

 sand five hundred and fifty-one (i;,^5l) head of cattle, included 

 in the census report of June 30, 1971, were disposed of by the 

 owners prior to the census period ending June 30, 1972, 



Eighty-three (83) herds containing one thousand two hundred 

 and sixty-three (1,263) head of cattle, to which testing has not 

 previously been conducted are included in the census report of 

 the period ending June 30, 1972. 



Tuberculin tests are conducted by State and Federal accred- 

 ited veterinarians under a State and Federal Cooperative Plan 

 for the establishment of tuberculosis-free herds and the eradica- 

 tion of bovine tuberculosis. 



Following is a summary of the tuberculin tests as made by 

 veterinarians for the twelve-m.onth period of this report: 



HERDS HEAD REACTORS 



Veterinarians paid by the State 



on a salary basis 716 33,081; 19 



Veterinarians paid by the State 



as Program Agents 353 13,560 



Veterinarians paid by the owner 5 638 



Veterinarians paid by the Federal 



Government on a salary basis - - 



l,07i+ U7,282 19 



During the fiscal year owners were reimbursed for one (1) 

 purebred cow and five (5) grade cows to the amount of $386,12. 



