| Show TESTING FOR far tuberculosis bulletin I 1 issued aed by department of agriculture fulte r outlines three prin pran i cipal methods prepared b by athe the TJ united tied states stall department of agriculture Agni agriculture culture the three principal methods of testing cattle for tuberculosis are described in det detail 11 by L R B ernest arid and elmer lash in circular tuberculin testing of live stock just issued by the united states department of agriculture ri the tests in use are the subcutaneous tile and the ophthalmic the circular lists the advantages and dind disadvantages vanta es of each test and gives directions tor for applying information Is also given retarding barding the use of various combinations of those these tests in the past say the authors tuberculin testing was regarded by many persons as being a routine oper operation atlon that required little skill in its application or interpretation but expert encee veterinarians are required to obtain good results in addition they must be men of sound round judgment and diplomacy in addition to the discussion of the dh different Terent tests and the responsibilities of veterinarians doing the testing the circular contains chapters on the nature of tuberculin tuberculin testing of swine and poultry identification of test animals postmortem post mortem examination of reacting cattle and necessary work following tuberculin testing the circular Is illustrated with photographs and charts and Is of particular interest to vet veterinarians rinar lans copies may be had bad on application to the department of agriculture washington D C |
