Show 1 ft U. Mexican S.-Mexican War On Cattle e Foot an and Mouth o of Disease Shifts Shift A recent abrupt change in the joint United States Mexican war wai On toot foot and antI mouth disease in in- in an about taco on the no nc policy previously adhered to Is the cause of grave concern In livestock circles this side alde of the border Government authorities have han announced that under a new operating operating operating op op- op- op policy Instituted in the tho Mexican cattle disease campaign animals in foot and mouth dis dis- disease paso ease infection areas will be quarantined and vaccinated Slaughter of infected animals animas sill m be resorted to only when necessary Previously all infected infect infect- ed and exposed cattle in the quarantine areas were slaughtered slaughter slaughter- ed because vaccination was not not regarded as a dependable means mean of combating the disease From Chicago reliably In Informed informed in- in formed veterinary authorities reported reported reported re re- ported that pressure to abandon scale large-scale slaughter of animals came from Mexican interests as earl early as last Jul July The Tho complaint was that the slaughter program was proving a crippling impact on Mexico's economic and social t These authorities said however how- how ever that the actual decision to the campaign policy came as a sharp surprise to the American veterinary profession and to the livestock industry because because be be- cause former experiences with foot and mouth disease vaccina vaccina- I lion Uon have not warranted trust inthis inthis in this tais practice Also from Chicago tho Jour- Jour I pal jal of the American Veterinary Veterinary- I Medical Association official orfan organ organ or- or I gan fan of the profession proCession in I North America offered a partial explanation for the turn about in plans Resistance to tho the eradication campaign this publication explained explained ex ex- increased so much and became so bitter that a Mexican veterinarian and a soldier seven escort murdered and amI seral several several sev sev- eral ral sanitary squads were threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened with violence Finally late In November the situation became became became be be- came so acute that a reversal in eradication procedure was i J I ry r Root of the violence the Journal Journal Jour- Jour nal suggested lay In the fact that Mexican owners could seo see no end to the slaughtering of their cattle and oxen Apparently Apparent APparent- ly man many owners had bad thought the campaign would work worl miracles and could bo completed with a minimum sacrifice of animals It Is currently estimated that it will take at least ten years cars to purge the infection area in Mex Ilex ico leo Less optimistic estimates hold that North American livestock livestock livestock live live- stock producers will have havo to live with foot and mouth disease for decades to come Meanwhile animal as long as one Infected remains in Mexico there always will be danger that the infection will get a foothold In United States herds |