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increasing, except in states where active measures for its suppression have been enforced, 
and * 
Whereas , There exists in some quarters a difference of opinion as to the relation of 
tuberculosis among cattle to the public health, notwithstanding the fact that this matter 
has been the object of careful scientific inquiry by a great number of eminent scientists in 
all parts of the world, and that reliable and uniform results and observations are recorded 
in great numbers in the veterinary and medical literature, be it 
Resolved , That it is the opinion of the United States Veterinary Medical Associaiion 
that the following points have been demonstrated beyond dispute and may be accepted as 
fully established : 
1. That tuberculosis of man and cattle is identical. 
2. That the milk from cows with tuberculous udders may cause tuberculosis in ani¬ 
mals fed upon it. 
3. That the milk from cows with extensive tuberculosis but apparently healthy udders 
may in some cases contain the germs of tuberculosis and cause the disease in animals fed 
upon it. 
4. That in some cases the germs of tuberculosis appear in the milk of tuberculous cows 
that are not far advanced in the disease and that have udders that are healthy, so far as 
can be determined by an examination made during the life of the animal. 
5. Slightly tuberculous cows sometimes succumb to a sudden exacerbation of tubercu¬ 
losis and furnish virulent milk for a period before it is possible to discover their condition by 
means of a physical examination. 
6. Tuberculin furnishes incomparably the best means of recognizing tuberculosis in 
the living animal. 
7. Tuberculin, properly used for diagnostic purposes, is entirely harmless to healthy 
cattle, and is so exceedingly accurate in its effects that the few errors resulting from its use 
cannot affect the general results and are of less frequent occurrence than follow the use of 
any other method of diagnosing internal diseases. 
8. That the carcasses of tuberculous animals may be and sometimes are dangerous to 
the consumer, and all such carcasses should be subjected to rigid inspection by a compe¬ 
tent veterinarian and those that are condemned should be disposed of in such a manner 
that it will be impossible to put them on the market for consumption as human food. 
9. That the importance of dairy inspection cannot be overestimated, and municipal 
and health authorities should at once perfect a system commensurate with the vast impor¬ 
tance of the subject. 
Resolved ', That the live stock and especially the breeding interests of this country can 
never regain their former prosperity until such measures have been carried out by the na¬ 
tional and state governments as will afford some reasonable guarantee against the con¬ 
tinued ravages of this disease. And in view of the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in 
foreign countries and the measures taken by some of them to protect their cattle from 
further infection the United States should prohibit the importation of breeding animals 
until they have been proven by the tuberculin test to be free from this disease. 
The election of officers for the ensuing year was next taken 
up, and resulted as follows : 
President—Frederick H. Osgood, M. R. C. V. S., of Boston, 
Mass. 
Vice President—Eastern Division, Roscoe R. Bell, D.V.S., 
of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Middle Division, M. R. Trumbower, D.V.S., 
Sterling, Ill. ; Western Division, M. Stalker, V.S., Ames, Iowa. 
Secretary—Sesco Stewart, 7)4 South James St., Kansas 
City, Kansas. 
Treasurer—James E. Robertson, M. D., D.V.S., New York 
City. 
Ex-President Hoskins presented a new gavel to the incoin- 
