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Show DMRY CATTLE TO BE TESTED pjlt TUBERCULOSIS diry rott, in' utnh county testod this summer for !Loi, according: to an an-tnuu1etod!1y an-tnuu1etod!1y by S. R. Lvell. county agent. BL County Extension Service is Crating with the U. S. Bureau TSmal industry and the State ,tment in conducting this "Tffi! program was a part of ' in to test all dairy cattle ev-9 ev-9 P' hree years. The last test was to to Utah county in 1942. Similar Simi-lar tests were made in 1939 and l9!!'l942 there were 2974 herds prising 1W32 head of cattle ,ed The final reports show 40 -actors in 34 different herds. the last test there has hpen an increase in dairy cattle d this year it is expected that Ire than 11,000 head will be test-d test-d The Utah County Commission-In Commission-In have approved a budget for purpose of supplying helpers (or the veterinarians. It is expected that all the Utah county veterinarians will help to-ether to-ether with four men from the U s Bureau of Animal Industry. The work began this week in a small way in Lehi with the help of Dr l W. Jones, and Dr. Arthur Vance. It is expected that during the week of June 11 the work will jo forth on a limited scale, but Unning June 18 all veterinarians veterinar-ians will be working and they will take care of eight schedules per day. The procedure will be as follows fol-lows : The owners of dairy cows will be notified by letter what day the veterinarian will be in their neighborhood. neigh-borhood. Work will begin at 7:30 a. m., and finish at 1:00 p. m. Dairy cattle owners are expected expect-ed to keep the cattle at home until un-til the veterinarians have done the work and also be on hand to help. The veterinarians will return in 72 hours to the herd to make observations. obser-vations. The cooperation of all owners of dairy cattle is urged to help make Utah county a better dairy county. Tuberculosis in dairy cattle cat-tle can be passed on to consumers of milk and it is important that every animal is tested so that all reactors can be moved from the herds. |
