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Show Test for Abortion The way to determine whether a herd of cows Is Infected with abortion (Bang disease) Is to have them tested by a competent veterinarian. Where a cow retains the afterbirth after calving, calv-ing, she should be regarded as suspicious. suspi-cious. The greatest spreader of this disease Is the aborting cow, at the time of and for a short period following the abortion, states Dr. Robert Graham, Gra-ham, University of Illinois veterinarian. veteri-narian. Infected cows at the time of normal calving are also dangorous as spreaders of the Infection. As with tuberculosis, healthy herds are more profitable than Infected herds and owners own-ers who have reason to believe that such Infection may exist In the herd should have them tested. Prairie Farmer. |