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A Segregation Method for eliminating Tuberculosis from Cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

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1. The tuberculin reaction properly applied is a reliable test of the presence of tuberculosis in cattle.

2. A method of segregation is described by which any herd can be rendered tuberculin negative in three to four years without diminution of the herd.

3. Evidence is given that recovery from a tuberculous infection can take place in cattle.

4. Calves can only be infected with tuberculosis after birth, such an infection may, however, take place extremely rapidly within the first few days of life.

5. Artificial feeding of calves with sterilised milk must be supplemented by some vitamine-containing food, otherwise “joint ill,” corresponding to rickets in human beings, will develop at about the third or fourth month. Bull calves are more susceptible to “joint ill” than heifers.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1928