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APPENDIX. 2 1 I Infected stables have been disinfected by ordinary methods, and cattle placed in them have not contracted the disease in a nmnber of years. It has been claimed that some stables can not be disinfected ; if such is the case, such should be abandoned or rebuilt. The expense would be in no case more than is advised by the Cattle Commission, who recommend sanitary stables as a preventive measure in the eradication or rather in the i)artial suppression of the disease. To those who want to exterminate the disease from their herds, the disinfection of stables is but a small matter. With nineteen out of twenty tubercular cattle removed on the first examination, and the twentieth removed on the second, and with the stables being disinfected, it is practically possible to eradicate tuberculosis from any herd and from all herds. The cleansing of some herds once tubercular has been effected and continued ex aminations of the newl,y received cattle and the healthy remainder have demonstrated that it can be done. The main debate upon the whole question should rest, not upon this and that quibble, as regards the use of tuberculin, but upon the question, is it worth doing? If so, by what method may the greatest economy be gained, and by whom should the eradication be done ? In considering these questions, the class of tuberculous cattle that react to tuberculin is especially meant, it being a conceded matter that tuberculous cattle detected by physical examination should be immediately killed. A cow that reacts to tuberculin has some of the tubercles in her somewhere, be they few or many and is unsalable for herd purposes, if she is to be mingled with uninfected cows. From 25 per cent to 50 per cent of infected cattle have the disease in lung nodules or abscesses which discharge disease germs. If it is granted that 25 per cent recover which is most optimistic, then it is evident that not 50 per cent, but 75 per cent go from bad to worse, in succeeding years. Is it probable that any cattle owner would knowingly introduce any tuberculous animal into his herd when it is certain that one third are actively infective, one-third about to be in future years, and, possibly one-third recover? By such introductions in the past, herds have been so diseased that the death rate alone has been from 8 per cent to 16 per cent of the milking animals. If cows have in them germs of a disease which will sooner or later impair their usefulness and be imparted to other healthy cattle, their value is impaired as sale or exchange cattle. The fact that at a given time a few of them are so slightly infected as to appear in significantly so, does not in the least improve the condition of the others, nor does it render them as desirable as sound cattle. In point of fact, presence of tuberculosis in an animal destroys its value for exchange purposes. If one of these were knowingly sold without statement as to condition, the seller would be indictable.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-01: Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Health [1879-1908] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1897-1898 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-007 |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1897-1898 |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 7 |
Page Number | 183 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | APPENDIX. 2 1 I Infected stables have been disinfected by ordinary methods, and cattle placed in them have not contracted the disease in a nmnber of years. It has been claimed that some stables can not be disinfected ; if such is the case, such should be abandoned or rebuilt. The expense would be in no case more than is advised by the Cattle Commission, who recommend sanitary stables as a preventive measure in the eradication or rather in the i)artial suppression of the disease. To those who want to exterminate the disease from their herds, the disinfection of stables is but a small matter. With nineteen out of twenty tubercular cattle removed on the first examination, and the twentieth removed on the second, and with the stables being disinfected, it is practically possible to eradicate tuberculosis from any herd and from all herds. The cleansing of some herds once tubercular has been effected and continued ex aminations of the newl,y received cattle and the healthy remainder have demonstrated that it can be done. The main debate upon the whole question should rest, not upon this and that quibble, as regards the use of tuberculin, but upon the question, is it worth doing? If so, by what method may the greatest economy be gained, and by whom should the eradication be done ? In considering these questions, the class of tuberculous cattle that react to tuberculin is especially meant, it being a conceded matter that tuberculous cattle detected by physical examination should be immediately killed. A cow that reacts to tuberculin has some of the tubercles in her somewhere, be they few or many and is unsalable for herd purposes, if she is to be mingled with uninfected cows. From 25 per cent to 50 per cent of infected cattle have the disease in lung nodules or abscesses which discharge disease germs. If it is granted that 25 per cent recover which is most optimistic, then it is evident that not 50 per cent, but 75 per cent go from bad to worse, in succeeding years. Is it probable that any cattle owner would knowingly introduce any tuberculous animal into his herd when it is certain that one third are actively infective, one-third about to be in future years, and, possibly one-third recover? By such introductions in the past, herds have been so diseased that the death rate alone has been from 8 per cent to 16 per cent of the milking animals. If cows have in them germs of a disease which will sooner or later impair their usefulness and be imparted to other healthy cattle, their value is impaired as sale or exchange cattle. The fact that at a given time a few of them are so slightly infected as to appear in significantly so, does not in the least improve the condition of the others, nor does it render them as desirable as sound cattle. In point of fact, presence of tuberculosis in an animal destroys its value for exchange purposes. If one of these were knowingly sold without statement as to condition, the seller would be indictable. |
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Article Title | Bovine Tuberculosis |
Article Author | Curtice, Cooper |
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