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Show Utah Hakes Progress In Battle Against Undulent Fever (Brucellosis); Help Offered By Veterinarians ATTENTION ALL LIVESTOCK OWNERS Once again Utah stands among the leaders in the field of progress, as we approach another milestone in the struggle against one of man's semi-hidden enemies, Brucellosis, Brucellos-is, or in man Undulant Fever. On the first day of July of this year an additional provision of the Brucellosis Eradication Control Con-trol Act of 1951 becomes effective ef-fective and will be of vital interest in-terest to every owner or dealer in cattle within the state. This provision, section 7, of the three year old law states: "On and after the first day of July, 1954, no female cattle or breeding bulls more than 6 months of age shall be sold except ex-cept for slaughter unless such cattle (a) Have been tested for Brucellosis Bru-cellosis and found negative within 30 days prior to the date of sale; or (b) Have been vaccinated against Brucellosis with an approved vaccine in accordance ac-cordance with dne of the plans approved by the State Board of Agriculture, Agricul-ture, within the previous 24 months; or (c) Are from a Brucellosis-free certified herd or county at the time of the sale." The Brucellosis Eradication Control Act further states in part: ' "All blood samples for the Brucellosis test shall be collected collect-ed by qualified agents under the supervision of the state veterinarian. All cattle reacting to the Brucellosis test shall be branded with a hot iron with the letter "B" not less than two inches high and two inches wide on the left jaw and tagged tag-ged in the left ear with either Federal or State reactor tag, limiting the movement of these reactors for slaughter only. "All calves vaccinated for Brucellosis shall be permanently permanent-ly identified with the official tatoo in the right ear." Now what does this new provision pro-vision mean to the average owner own-er of cattle, regardless of the breed or type? It means that no animals having hav-ing Bang's disease are going to be sold back on to someones farm or put in a pasture, to perpetuate and maintain Brucellosis Bru-cellosis infection in your or your neighbor's cow herd. It means that long desired protection against the spread of Brucellosis in the herds of those conscientious men who have been striving for years to keep their herds clean. It means that we are going to whip this Bang's disease the one hundred million dollars problem, and save our share of plus which this disease costs the livestock industry of the United States. It means that all owners of cattle must either test and clear them for sale back into another herd, or consign them untested to slaughter only. It means that those who are not now having their calves officially of-ficially vaccinated should begin to do so and keep up to date with it, because all heifers between be-tween 6 and 12 months which are offered for sale will have to be vaccinated prior to or at the time of sale, and at the seller's expense. (Dairy heifers 4 to 8 months). It means that owners of cattle from one to thousands should investigate these provisions provis-ions as they may effect their particular situation, and begin to plan now to avoid misunderstanding misunder-standing and delay later on when they want to sell. In addition to this state law the new Federal law which recently1 re-cently1 became effective, makes the shipment of cattle from one state to another unlawful unless they are tested, vaccinated, or going to slaughter. EDITOR'S NOTE: For further fur-ther information concerning these laws, contact any deputy ! state veterinarian, the state vet-! erinarian, or the commissioner of agriculture. Dr. Dan Dennis in Roosevelt will be able to help anyone inquiring, and will very shortly start a program to accomplish and keep up to date, all the Brucellosis work in this area. |
