THE COW IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 97 



If the herd is very small and the cattle are 

 of common type and of ordinary value the best 

 thing to do is to send them to some abattoir 

 that has government inspection and sell them 

 subject to inspection and in this w^ay you v^rill 

 receive just what they are worth to the packer 

 as shown by the inspection. 



If there is only a few animals out of a large 

 herd that are found to be diseased they can 

 be separated from the well ones and the others 

 retested at intervals of six months while the 

 diseased ones should be destroyed. 



If the herd contains some valuable breed- 

 ing animals that are tubercular they may be 

 separated from those that are well and kept 

 in separate stables and separate pastures and 

 the calves as soon as dropped are removed 

 and fed upon the milk of healthy nurse cows or 

 on pasteurized milk. In this way diseased 

 cows can many times produce a number of 

 valuable calves and help build up the herd. 

 By this method which is known as the Bang 

 method it is often possible to realize a reason- 

 able salvage on some valuable breeding cows. 



Regardless of the method that is used in dis- 

 posing of the tubercular cows, a thorough dis- 

 infection of the barn in which these animals 

 have been kept should be performed as soon as 

 they are removed. 



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