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ing arc slaughtered without compensation, the owners having 

 whatever proceeds there may be from the sale of the hide and 

 carcass ; where the disease is slight, the beef may be sold, if lit 

 for food. 



During the year 36 herds were tested, including 851 animals; 

 of these, 77 were found diseased, or about 9 per cent. (This 

 percentage includes a herd of 151 that had previously been 

 tested.) Of the 77 diseased animals, 41 carcasses were con- 

 demned and 36 were passed as fit for food. 



The Illinois Live Stock Sanitary Board recommends the enact- 

 ment of a law compelling all owners of cattle to submit their herds 

 within a specific time to the tuberculin test, reacting animals to be 

 destroyed, the owners receiving stipulated compensation, and only 

 tested animals thereafter admitted to the herd. 



Michigan. 

 Michigan has no special law relating to tuberculosis, but it is 

 handled under the general law relating to contagious diseases 

 of animals. Cattle found to be tuberculous are quarantined and 

 killed. The law does not provide compensation, however, and as 

 a result the commission has met with a good deal of opposition. 

 The commission has followed the plan of testing with tuberculin 

 such herds as have been brought to their attention as suspicious, 

 killing such as react, without compensation. 



Iowa . 

 Iowa has no law on tuberculosis, but proceeds with it as in any 

 contagious disease. The quarantine of all cattle coming into the 

 State for dairy or breeding purposes, unless accompanied by a 

 certificate of tuberculin test, is being advocated. 



Minnesota. 



Minnesota acts through the local board of health, the local 

 board of health notifies the State Board of Health, and it in turn 

 takes action. 



All cattle which show symptoms of tuberculosis must be quar- 

 antined at once, and the entire herd tested with tuberculin. When 

 cattle have once reacted, the owner has his option of having them 

 killed, or continued in quarantine for a period not to exceed three 

 months, when they are again tested. If they react on the second 

 test, they must be killed within one month. The owner has no 

 compensation for cattle killed, but he is allowed to have them 

 killed under inspection, and if they pass he can dispose of it like 

 any other beef. 



