410 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



2. That all milk and milk by-products used as food should be properly pae 

 teurized unless derived from cows known to be free from tuberculosis. 



RESOLUTION 8. Control of tuberculin test. 



That this commission recommends the passage of legislation which will pre- 

 vent the sale, distribution, or use of tuberculin by any persons other than those 

 acting with the full knowledge or under the direction of official authorities. 



RESOLUTION 9. Education. 



As a clear knowledge of the cause and character of tuberculosis among ani- 

 mals, the modes of dissemination and its significance as an economic and as a 

 public-health problem underlie an intelligent adherence to the principles that 

 must be observed in all efforts for eradication, as well as the establishment of 

 proper cooperation in the great work between physicians, veterinarians, live- 

 stock owners, legislators, and the public generally, it is recommended that a 

 widespread campaign of education be undertaken. To accomplish this end it is 

 recommended that first of all a simple pamphlet on bovine tuberculosis be 

 written, in which the language used shall be of such character that every 

 person of average intelligence shall be able to read it without being mystified 

 by technical terms or phrases. This pamphlet should be published with the 

 indorsement of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the special 

 indorsement and consequent authority of the International Commission on 

 Bovine Tuberculosis Control. 



RESOLUTION 10. Publicity. 



In concluding its work the commission desires especially to appeal to the 

 press metropolitan, agricultural, and local to join in the work of extending as 

 much as possible among the people the conclusions here arrived at. The vital 

 importance of the life of farm animals to the welfare of all classes of society 

 needs no argument in its support. The aim and sole purpose which has actu- 

 ated this commission has been to arrive at the soundest conclusions possible 

 in the light of the best knowledge obtainable. 



RESOLUTION 11. Legislation. 



It is recommended that legislation regarding the control and eradication of 

 tuberculosis among domestic animals be made uniform; that the laws of the 

 United States and Canada and other American countries for the admission 

 into America of animals from without be made stringent and as much alike as 

 possible ; and that the laws governing the interstate and interprovincial move- 

 ment of cattle and that between different American countries be harmonized. 



The laws governing interstate and interprovincial movement of cattle should 

 be of such character that every State and every Province will be free in its 

 eradication work from unnecessary difficulties due to the existence of the 

 disease in other States and Provinces. 



Legislation is especially required to prevent the various frauds which inter- 

 fere with the satisfactory use of tuberculin as a diagnostic agent for tubercu- 

 losis, as well as for official supervision over all tuberculin sold to be used by 

 veterinarians and others. 



RESOLUTION 12. Sanitation. 



In the eradication of tuberculosis it should be kept in mind that, in addition 

 to protecting animals against exposure to tubercle bacilli, it is desirable to 

 make them as resistant to infection as possible. This can be done by stabling 

 them in clean, disinfected, and properly ventilated and lighted barns, giving 

 them abundant clean water and nutritious food, a sufficient amount of daily 

 exercise in the open air, and attending generally to those conditions which are 

 well known to contribute to the health of animals. 



The daily removal of manure from stables and water-tight floors and good 

 drainage in stables are urgently recommended. 



Young stock particularly should be raised as hardy as possible, and should 

 be accustomed to liberal exercise and living in the open. 



RESOLUTION 13. Immunization. 



That as none of the various methods for the immunization of animals against 

 tuberculosis have passed sufficiently beyond the experimental stage the com- 

 mission is unable to indorse any of these for practical use at the present time. 



