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DISEASE DISCOVERED IIN MILK AT KHOKICK. 'Four Cows Willi Tuberculosis Foundin Henry Driffield s Herd and ,Promptly Killed.!Keokuk, Iowa, Feb. 1.—Plans to inspect every dairy and milk depot in the city with a view of stamping ] out tuberculosis among cows were adopted last evening at a special 1 meeting of the council’s board of [ health committee, and this action will ] be officially ratified at a meeting of the committee of the whole on Friday night. It is planned that licenses to sell milk will be given only to ; those dairies and depots which are 1 free from the tuberculosis germs, and * the inspection will apply to all per- i sons in the city who sell milk, J whether they have a regular dairy or only one or two cows. lt;Germs Discovered.■This action comes as the result of the discovery of tuberculosis in four cows owned by Henry Driffield, who conducts a large dairy west of the city. His is one of the neatest and cleanest dairies in this section of the | country, and every year he has his j place inspected on his own account. A recent inspection showed that tuberculosis existed among four of his cows, and they were immediately killed. Three of these cows were purchased by Mr. Driffield for $100 each and for the fourth he paid $150, and his loss is therefore$4 50. This voluntary act on the part of Mr. Driffield speaks well for his dairy.A. A. Bland, state inspector, makes tests of milk every few days, but' these tests are made only for the! purpose of ascertaining the amount of butter fat in milk. It-is necessary that a laboratory examination be made to detect the presence of tubercular germs in milk.It is a very easy matter to communicate this disease from cows to human beings through the milk, soit is readily seen that the move made \y the board of health is an important one. One consumptive cow in a herd can spoil the entire supply of milk of a dairy, and when the new order of things goes into effect every cow which developes the disease will be promptly killed.
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Fort Madison Weekly Democrat
Fort Madison, Iowa, US
Wed, Feb 06, 1907
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