BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS 



There were one thousand two hundred and five (1,205) tuber- 

 culin herd tests, forty-tvo thousand three hundred and twenty 

 (i;2,320) animal tests applied to which thirty-two (32) head of 

 cattle were declared reactors, as coirpared with tv/o thousand one 

 hundred and twenty-one (2,121) tuberculin herd tests and seventy 

 five thousand five hundred and forty (75,5UO) animal tests 

 applied the previous fiscal year to which one hundred and eighty 

 seven (l87) head of cattle reacted. 



Twenty-seven (2?) of the thirty-two head declared to be 

 reactors were reported as having "no gross lesions'* of tubercu- 

 losis at time of slaughter. 



Two hundred and thirty-two (232) herds containing three 

 thousand three hundred and twenty-five (3»325) head of cattle, 

 included in the census report of June 30, 1970, were disposed of 

 by the owners prior to the census period ending June 30, 1971. 



Seventy-seven (77) herds containing eight hundred and ninety 

 nine (899) head of cattle to which testing has not previously 

 been conducted are included in the census report of the period 

 ending June 30, 1971. 



Tuberculin tests are conducted by State and Federal ac- 

 credited veterinarians under a State and Federal Cooperative 

 Plan for the establishment of tuberculosis-free herds and the 

 eradication of bovine tuberculosis. 



Following is a summary of the tuberculin tests as made by 

 veterinarians for the twelve-month period of this report: 



Veterinarians paid by the State 

 on a salary basis 



Veterinarians paid by the State 

 as Program Agents 



Veterinarians paid by the owner 



Veterinarians paid by the Federal 



Government on a salary basis 1 $0 



1,205 ^4.2,320 32 



During the fiscal year owners were reimbursed for two (2) 

 purebred cows to the amount of $123.75 and one hundred and eighty 

 six (186) grade cows amounting to $10,058.75 or a total of 

 $10,182.50. 



