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(7) Prevention. 



(1) That with the object of preventing the spread of infection, 

 persons buying cattle for breeding purposes or milk production 

 should, except when such purchases are made from disease-free 

 herds, which have been tested by a properly qualified person, 

 purchase only subject to the tuberculin test. In order to assist in 

 the proper carrying out of this suggestion, the Commission 

 recommends that official authorities should adopt such regulations 

 as will prevent the entry to their respective territories of cattle 

 for breeding purposes or milk production unless accompanied by 

 satisfactory tuberculin test charts. 



(2) That all milk and milk by-products used as food should be 

 properly pasteurised unless derived from cows known to be free 

 from tuberculosis. 



(8) Control of Tuberculin Test. 



That the Commission recommends the passage of legislation 

 which will pre-i'ent the sale, distribution or use of tuberculin by 

 any persons other than those acting with the full knowledge, or 

 under the direction, of oflBcial authorities. 



(9) Education. 



As a clear knowledge of the cause and character of tuber- 

 culosis among animals, the modes of dissemination, and its signifi- 

 cance 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 

 co-operation in the great work between physicians, veterinarians, 

 live stock owners, legislators, and the public generally, it is re- 

 commended that a widespread campaign of education be under- 

 taken. 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 endorsement of the American Veterinary 

 Association and the special endorsement and consequent authority 

 of the International Commission on Bovine Tuberculosis Control. 



(10) Publicity. 



In concluding its work the Commission desires to especially 

 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 



