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Show JSSTQCK CATTLE ABORTION CANNOT BE CURED Through Good Sanitation Eradication Is Possible. Cattle abortion cannot be cured, but it may be eradicated, according to Dr. H. J. Metzger of tbe New York state college of agriculture. Doctor Metzger recommends as a means of stamping out tlie disease the blood test and tbe isolation of infected animals, ani-mals, "The complete eradication of abortion disease from the cattle herds is possible, and it would mean stopping stop-ping a serious source of loss to the dairy men of the state," he says. No cure fur abortion is known, according ac-cording to Doctor Metzger, and the purchase of any drug or stock tonic as a cure is a waste of money. The blood test will detect the presence of the Bang abortion disease, and then the owner can take the measures which, through sanitation and prevention, will clear his herd of the disease. Doctor Metzger recommends complete Isolation of the diseased animal, complete com-plete cleanliness, and tbe rearing of all animals on the farm to keep from reinfecting a clean herd. A more complete com-plete discussion is given in a new bulletin, bul-letin, just written by Doctor Metzger and published by the college, which will be sent free of charge to anyona who will write to tbe college of agriculture agri-culture at Ithaca and ask for bulletin E1S2. |