ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
DISEASES AND TREATMENT.* 
By B. F. Kaupp, M.S., D.Y.S., Ft. Collins, Colo. 
Dr. G. Ed. Leech, of the committee, says for Minnesota: 
“ The state of Minnestota is to be congratulated upon the fact, 
as stated before, that the Live Stock Sanitary Board has Dr. S. 
H. Ward as secretary. Tuberculosis is practically eliminated 
from the pure blood herds of the state, and I can positively say 
that among the grades and the dairy herds of the state, there is 
a very marked reduction in the condemned cases, thanks to the 
united efforts of the profession of the state to do honest clean 
work. We are gradually reducing the number of positive re¬ 
actors each year. 
“ There has been very little glanders reported. The most of 
the cases are confined to the twin cities. 
“ Hog cholera, anthrax and blackleg have done very little 
damage since making my last report. There is scarcely any 
anthrax and very little hog cholera and blackleg. Outbreaks 
of these two diseases have been promptly reported and vaccina¬ 
tion has resulted in very light loss. 
“ Minnesota is to be congratulated along these lines upon 
the work done by the general practitioner and the Live Stock 
Sanitary Board and its corps of efficient field men, who are 
working together harmoniously for the suppression and eradica¬ 
tion of contagious and infectious diseases, and with an efficient 
and capable secretary in charge of the live stock sanitary work 
who is continually watching the legal phases of the question, 
there can be no fear but that Minnestota will always be as she is 
now, reporting a low average in infectious and contagious dis¬ 
eases.” 
* Report of the Chairman, Committee on Diseases and Treatment; Missouri Valley 
Veterinary Association, July 1 and 2, 1912. 
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