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I N earlier articles we have discussed) 
rather fully the bovine tuberculosis 
situation in New York and the different 
plans for controlling and eradicating this 
disease. The following summary of how 
the work is conducted in Pennsylvania is 
taken from a little booklet entitled, 
“Points Everyone Should Know About 
the Modified Accredited Area Plan,” 
written by T. E. Munce, State Veteri¬ 
narian for Pennsylvania, and published*by 
the Bureau of Animal Industry, Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture of Pennsylvania. 
This summary is so well and interestingly 
written that it will give any dairyman a 
complete idea of just how the work is done 
in Pennsylvania in a few moments’ 
reading. 
We have a large amount of corre¬ 
spondence which we are going to publish 
later from dairymen in New York State. 
What about you Pennsylvania men? 
Have those of you who have had expe¬ 
rience been satisfied with the way the 
work was conducted? What are the good 
points and the bad points of the campaign 
as you have seen it worked out? Mr. 
Munce’s statement follows: 
Economic Importance 
We recognize several ways in which tuber¬ 
culosis works to the financial injury of owners 
of live stock; 
1. By destroying animals outright, as when tuberculosis 
is allowed to reach its full development and kill its victims. 
2. By reducing the market value of the animal in those 
eases in which the animal is sold before the disease has 
reached such a stage as to render it entirely unmarketable. 
3. By reducing the breeding value of a herd and its 
general productivity. 
4. By causing a waste of cattle food through feeding it 
to animals that can not giveadequate.return. 
5. By infecting other animals, swine, calves, grown 
cattle, through the milk or by contact. 
6. By injuring the reputation of a herd, thereby render¬ 
ing it difficult to dispose of the animals or their products. 
7. By destroying the enthusiasm or interest of the 
breeder in the maintenance of his herd at a high standard. 
Tuberculosis can be and is transmitted from 
animal to man through the consumption of 
infected milk and meat. Medical authorities 
estimate that 25 per cent, of tuberculosis in 
man can be charged to the tuberculous cow. 
If milk is made safe, in lieu of the tuberculin 
test, by pasteurization, it is not practical nor 
economically sound for each producer to install 
a pasteurizing plant on the farm. It must be 
borne in mind that the agricultural population 
constitutes a large part of the consuming public 
and the farmer is interested in his own health 
and that of his family even more than he is 
concerned with the health of his live stock. 
The Intradermal Tuberculin Test 
The intradermal tuberculin test (commonly 
known as the tail test) is one of the official 
recognized tests. Several drops of tuberculin 
are injected into the skin. Three days follow¬ 
ing injection, the veterinarian will observe the 
animals and at that time determine whether 
or not the herd is free or infected with the 
disease. It may be necessary for him to make 
further observations of the herd in connection 
with the test between the fourth and fifth 
day following injection. During the test, the 
milk may be used for any purpose. 
The grade animals which pass the test will 
be marked by inserting a pass tag in each 
animal’s ear. The tuberculosis (reacting) 
animals will be marked with a quarantine tag 
and placed in quarantine. The owner is 
required to keep such animals separate and 
apart from other animals. The milk, if any 
is produced, from these animals should not 
be used for any purpose, unless it is boiled or 
properly pasteurized. 
Appraisement and Salvage 
Following the completion of the tuberculin 
test, tuberculous animals (reactors) are 
appraised at their market value, which is 
arrived at by the owner and a Federal or State 
representative. The most that can be secured 
from both Federal and State sources for a 
grade animal is $65.00 and for a registered 
animal, $120.00. In addition to this amount, 
the owner receives the proceeds irom the sale 
of the carcass, hide, and offal, providing it 
passes inspection. But in no case can an 
owner receive more than 90 per cent, of the 
agreed market value for an animal from the 
three sources, i. e.. Federal and State Govern¬ 
ments, and butcher. Upon completion of the 
appraisement. Federal or State representative 
will issue a permit to move the quarantined 
animal, or animals, to place of slaughter or 
shipment. 
Eighty-five to eighty-eight per cent, of the 
tuberculosis animals (reactors) pass inspection. 
It is to the advantage of the owner in prac¬ 
tically each case to sell the reactors, subject to 
inspection, rather than sell to the butcher 
outright. 
All tuberculous or reacting animals are 
slaughtered under official supervision according 
to Federal and State Meat Hygienic Regula¬ 
tions, the purpose of which is to determine 
whether or not the meat is fit or unfit for 
human consumption. A decision is reached by 
the extent and character of the lesions found 
upon post-mortem examination. 
The Infected Premises 
The stables, yard, etc., occupied by tubercu¬ 
lous animals remain infected unless they are 
cleaned and disinfected. Thorough cleaning is 
of equal, if not more, importance than disin¬ 
fection. Disinfectants can not destroy germs 
with which they do not come in contact. 
Therefore, cleanse the stable thoroughly. 
1. Sweep ceilings, walls and floor. 
2. Remove rotten woodwork and loose boards, particu¬ 
larly of the floor. 
3. Remove dried" accumulations about mangers, floors 
and drains. . > 
4. If floor of the stable is made of earth, it is well to dig 
it out about six inches or so far as the fluids have pene¬ 
trated and refill the excavation with fresh earth. 
5. Clean the yards, if possible, of all manure and 
remove to field, plowing same in, or if permitted to 
remain on surface of field, it should be spread lightly and 
cattle should not have access to the field until after the 
sun has had an opportunity to kill all the germs. 
6. Scrub the mangers, feed boxes, stalls and partitions 
with hot water and strong soap, lye, or washing soda. 
Disinfection by State 
Upon completion of thorough cleaning of 
the premises, notify Federal or State repre¬ 
sentative, or County Agent. A State repre¬ 
sentative will assist in the disinfection of the 
premises. The disinfecting material is fur¬ 
nished free of charge. This work is done with 
no expense to you except your labor. All that 
is asked is your assistance and cooperation. 
The disinfector will notify you when he will be 
in a position to disinfect your premises. 
Sanitation Absolutely Essential 
Health is preserved and brought about by 
sanitation. Therefore, proper sanitation on 
premises is most important in keeping animals 
healthy. They are then able to resist disease. 
Sanitation, in its broad sense, means cleanli¬ 
ness, fresh air and sunlight. Sunlight is the 
cheapest disinfectant known. 
The stable should at all times be kept clean 
and free from filth. A system of ventilation 
is simple to install and need not be expensive. 
Floors of stables should be properly drained. 
Concrete floors are recommended in that they 
are more sanitary. Mangers and drinking 
facilities should be modeled with a view of 
eliminating communicable diseases from animal 
to animal. The yards should be dry and kept 
free as possible from manure. Even though no 
disease exists in a herd, the owner should, as a 
preventive measure, thoroughly clean and 
disinfect his stables, yards, etc., at least once 
a year. 
Retest in 60 or 90 days 
A second test is applied to herds that disclose 
tuberculous animals as result of first test. 
This retest, or second test, is applied from sixty 
to ninety days from date of the initial test. In 
a number of herds where the infection is 
extensive and deep-seated, one tuberculin test 
is not always sufficient to remove all of the 
tuberculous animals from infected herds. 
Provisions of the Modified Accredited 
Area Plan 
The plan provides that as the result of a 
complete tuberculin test of all the cattle within 
a designated area and less than one-half ot one 
per cent, of the cattle are found tuberculous, 
the area is then declared by the Federal and 
'State Bureaus of Animal Industry an Official 
Modified Accredited Area. After the area 
qualifies, the cattle are not required to be again 
tuberculin tested for a period of three years. 
The owners enjoy the same privileges as an 
owner of an Accredited Herd during the time 
the area remains in that status. They are per¬ 
mitted to ship cattle for dairy and breeding pur¬ 
poses interstate for a period of three years and 
they are not required to tuberculin test such 
animals previous to each shipment. 
If, as the result of the tuberculin test ot the 
entire cattle population within a_ designated 
area, more than one per cent, of the catt e 
react, the cattle within the area are tested 
annually until such time in which less than 
one-half of one per cent, of the cattle are found 
tuberculous. 
It is necessary to protect the cattle wflos 
health has already been determined from 
infection within as well as without the area. 
A committee from the pure bred breeder? 
organizations and a committee from the L- 
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