696 VETEEINAEY HYGIENE 



but it is a step in the right direction, and throws the onus 

 on the owner or person in charge, as is the case with all 

 scheduled diseases under the Diseases of Animals Act. 



Every case of tuberculosis of the udder should be 

 destroyed, of this there can be no possible doubt, and the 

 most thorough disinfection of the building carried out. 



It should be the duty of the veterinary officer to inform 

 the medical officer of the existence of udder disease in any 

 dairy ; he should also notify when the cows are restored to 

 health, and leave it entirely to the medical officer to settle 

 the question of when the milk is fit to issue ; that is a 

 matter entirely outside our province. 



The Eoyal Commission on Tuberculosis recommended : 



1. Compulsory notification of every disease of the 



udder, whether in private dairies or those of 

 which the milk is offered for sale. 



2. Systematic inspection of the cows in dairies and 



cowsheds. 



3. Power for a medical officer to suspend the supply of 



milk from any suspected cow for a period not 

 exceeding 48 hours, pending veterinary inspection. 



4. Power to prohibit the sale of milk from any cow, 



certified by a veterinary surgeon to be suffering 

 from such disease of the udder as in his opinion 

 renders the animal unfit for the supply of milk, 

 or exhibiting clinical symptoms of tuberculosis. 



5. The provision of a penalty for supplying milk for 



sale from any cow having obvious udder disease, 

 without the possession, by the owner, of a cer- 

 tificate to the effect that such disease is not 

 tubercular. 



It is significant that the recommendations of the Com- 

 mission are mainly based on Sections 24-27 of the Glasgow 

 Police (Amendment) Act, which further gives the local 

 authorities power to slaughter such cows subject to com- 

 pensation. 



The only action taken by the State after the Commission 



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