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Tuberculosis in Vermont Cattle

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 25, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 33.

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Tuberculosis in Vermont Cattle

TUBERCULOSIS has been found in the choice herd of cows kept at the experiment station farm of the State of Vermont. The tuberculin test proved the animals diseased, although outwardly they showed no symptoms of it. But all of the animals slaughtered verified the test. The papers seem to think that it can be stamped out among cattle, but that seems to mean the destruction of from two to ninety per cent of many of the dairy herds of the country. In two of the animals slaughtered in the State herd of Vermont the disease was far advanced, tuberculous portions being found in the lungs and udder. The question is one which, for the sake of precious lives, demands prompt and thorough attention throughout the country.