Tuberculosis in Live Stock. 
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HOW THE WORK OF ERADICATION IS DIVIDED 
BETWEEN STATE AND GOVERNMENT 
OFFICIALS AND OTHERS. 
Tuberculosis eradication is a cooperative work 
of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the U. S. De¬ 
partment of Agriculture, the live-stock sanitary 
officials of the various States, and individual cattle 
owners. The bureau and the State officials send 
veterinary inspectors to apply tuberculin tests to the 
herds of those owners who sign a cooperative 
agreement, which places their herds jointly under 
supervision for the control and eradication of the 
disease. 
of loss, so that the Government, the State, and the owner of the 
cattle all bear a share of it. Briefly, the Federal law provides that 
the Secretary of Agriculture may reimburse partly owners of animals 
destroyed on account of tuberculosis in cooperation with States, 
counties, and municipalities. The bases upon which Federal indem¬ 
nities are paid are: 
1. No payment shall exceed one-third of the difference between the appraised 
value of such animal and the salvage value. 
2. No payment shall exceed the amount paid or to be paid by the State, county, or 
municipality. 
3. In no case shall any payment be more than $25 for any grade animal or more than 
$50 for any pure-bred animal. 
4. No payment shall be made unless the owner has complied with all lawful quar¬ 
antine regulations. 
Legislation regarding indemnities for tuberculous cattle varies 
somewhat in different States and, for detailed and current informa¬ 
tion on the subject, the reader is referred to his State live-stock san¬ 
itary officials or to the inspector in charge representing the Bureau 
of Animal Industry in cooperative tuberculosis-eradication work. 
The names and addresses of these officials may be obtained by ad¬ 
dressing the Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture. 
A careful study of figures 4, 6, 7, and 8 in this bulletin will enable the 
reader to become familiar with the appearance of the parts of the 
body most commonly affected. He will also see, even more clearly 
than can be described, that a real danger exists in permitting diseased 
animals or those of doubtful health to mingle with others. The 
illustrations of the accredited herds, on the other hand, show the 
splendid types of cattle which their owners have subjected to the 
tuberculin test and which have passed it successful^. 
