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be directly traceable to the consumption of these products, the 

 general consensus of opinion among those best qualified to judge 

 of the matter is that milk and meat derived from tuberculous 

 animals should not be used as human food. In addition to the 

 statistics in this connection, cited in the report of last year, we 

 desire to call the attention of your honorable body to the fol- 

 lowing quoted opinions, all of which have been received since 

 the date of our last report. 



In a set of resolutions passed on Sept. 12, 1895, by the 

 United States Veterinary Medical Association, in the convention 

 held at Des Moines, la., the following occurs : — 



Whereas, Tuberculosis is an infectious disease, dangerous alike to 

 man and the lower animals ; and 



Whereas, Scientific experimentation has demonstrated the possi- 

 bility of transmitting the disease through dairy and other animal prod- 

 ucts from tuberculous animals ; and 



Whereas, The extensive use of tuberculin as a diagnostic agent has 

 thoroughly demonstrated its high value for that purpose ; therefore, 

 be it 



Resolved, That it is the judgment of the United States Veterinary 

 Medical Association that it is the duty of sanitary boards and other 

 health officers to employ all practical methods calculated to restrict 

 this disease. 



Resolved, That we regard the tuberculin test as the only reliable 

 means now known to the scientific world for detecting obscure cases 

 of tuberculosis in the living subject, and that it is a reliable test when 

 performed under proper and well-known necessary conditions. It is 

 further — 



Resolved, That reliance upon the physical examination of animals 

 for the existence of tuberculosis is unwise, deceitful and unwarranted 

 in the present day. 



In the last International Veterinary Congress, held at Berne, 

 Switzerland, in September, 1895, the following conclusion was 

 reached and promulgated as being the opinion of the Congress : — 



The flesh of tuberculous animals, if sold, should be subject to spe- 

 cial regulations. 



A part of this flesh must be destroyed, but some of it may be 

 safely used for food. 



The milk from cows with tuberculous udders is extremely danger- 

 ous. 



