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Show Effort Being To Eradicate TJUn Livestock The United States DeBW of Agriculture has ting with the State Md r County to eradicate Tub! from livestock. ' Tuberculosis has been ,w, the United States from t cent in 1922 to less than tr cent in 1930 and even g, duction has occurred since time. Approximately 20 fly' pounds of meat is condemn nually because of Tuberculos, All counties in the 48 sta!K now in what is known as the a, fied accredited area, infc' that they are practically fa bovine tuberculosis. Contii of existing programs of the", odical retesting is essential ii currence of the disease Is t prevented. As the result of tuberculin 1. made toy State and Federal ve inarians, Utah County was credited on February 1, 1949 V: modified tuberculosis free area' a period of three years ty Bureau of Animal Industry. The results of these tests, reported to the Bureau dr. follows: herds tested 2497, k tested 8624, infected premia total reactors 3, per cent of it;-tion it;-tion .03. |