DIVISION OF DAIRYING AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 

 J. Peter Griffin, Director 



DAIRY FARM INSPECTION 



For the purpose of enforcing the health and sanitation 

 regulations, the Division made 7,774 initial inspections on 

 the dairy farms supplying the Massachusetts market. Approx- 

 imately 21% failed the initial inspection and this made it 

 necessary to reinspect, and in some instances reinspect more 

 than once, before compliance was achieved. Suspension of 

 some farms was necessary. 



MILK PLANT INSPECTION 



One hundred and twenty-one "first inspections" of milk 

 plants were made and some were followed up with re inspections 

 before compliance was achieved. 



MASTITIS CONTROL 



Mastitis, an inflammation of the udder of dairy cows, 

 is a serious deterrent to milk production per cow and con- 

 tributes to poor quality milk. Although many types of patho- 

 genic organisms can be the cause, Streptococcus Agalactiae is 

 the primary one. 135,146 milk samples were collected by the 

 Division and delivered to the diagnostic laboratory at the 

 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where they were analyzed, 

 and the results reported back to the herd owners for the 

 purpose of treating the animals and resampling. 



U.S.D.A. GRADING & U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH RATINGS 



The division spent 33 days sampling and grading dairy 

 products under the U.S. Department of Agriculture program 

 and $4,671.00 in income to the Commonwealth was realized as 

 a result of this work. 



The division personnel, certified by the U.S. Public 

 Health Service, fulfilled all requests for U.S.P.H. ratings on 

 raw milk supplies. 



The appropriation for the fiscal year for the programs 

 and administration of the Division was $232,778. 



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