Show LARM EARLY DETECTION OF TB BIG HELP tuberculin test when properly made not injurious prepared by the united states DOpart department ment or of agriculture postmortem post mortem examinations are often regarded as 03 the final word in determining the presence ot of diseases in animals although such examinations examination tire are valuable the tuberculin test used in the eradication of bovine tuberculosis is actually more reliable than the customary post postmortem mortem for determining the presence of tuberculosis according to dr john it ll Bl ohler chief of the bureau of animal industry united states department of agriculture tile the tuberculin test indicates the presence of the disease but at does not show the progress which the infection has ma made de within the body doctor mohler states li hence price in tile the early stages of the disease it la Is entirely possible for tin an animal which Is 13 actual actually lv infected with tuberculosis to show no visible signs on other cither ante montc in or p postmortem post ost mortem examination tuberculin Is a product prepared by sterilizing filtering and concentrating the liquid upon which the tubercle bacilli h have ave been allowed to grow it contains the sterile product of the growth of the gernis germs but not tile the germs themselves W when lien properly used it can have no PO possible mille injurious effect on healthy C calp tuberculin commonly used in testing live stock in the united slater Is made under government supervision which assures its purity and potency the results obtained thus far in systematic tuber tuberculin cillin testing show how the effectiveness of this means for eliminating infected animals during th the last 12 years more than ber culous cattle have been removed avo from m herds in the united states and more than herds have been treed freed of the d disease sease |