. Activities handbook. Veterinary medicine. • Starc-F«d«ral. »AtCH SliviCI creased funds available for 1961, eradication activities can be accelerated and by the end of the year should be back to an adequate level. In combating brucellosis as in any other dis- ease, the sooner all areas are brought into the program the lower will be the ultimate cost of eradication. Epidemiologists specially qualified in brucel- losis eradication activities are being assigned to the various States as the need arises. They are carrying out detailed programs designed to eliminate the disease from all remaining i
. Activities handbook. Veterinary medicine. • Starc-F«d«ral. »AtCH SliviCI creased funds available for 1961, eradication activities can be accelerated and by the end of the year should be back to an adequate level. In combating brucellosis as in any other dis- ease, the sooner all areas are brought into the program the lower will be the ultimate cost of eradication. Epidemiologists specially qualified in brucel- losis eradication activities are being assigned to the various States as the need arises. They are carrying out detailed programs designed to eliminate the disease from all remaining in- fected herds. Backed by competent laboratory services, these veterinarians are utilizing all known procedures for detecting and eliminat- ing brucellosis. Their progress during the past year in cleaning up formerly infected herds has been gratifying. New Hampshire brucellosis free The most significant event in the brucellosis eradication program in 1960 was the attiiin- ment by New Hampshire of brucellosis-free status. To achieve this status all herds in an area must be tested within a period of 18 months. Any herds that were formerly in- fected must be negative when retested, thus leaving no known foci of infection. In addi- tion, when brucellosis is found or suspected in other species of domestic animals, they must be retested and the disease eliminated. New Hampshire has had an active brucel- losis eradication program for many years. This State was the second to achieve modified-cer- tified brucellosis area status; it reached that goal in 1949. At the beginning of the pi'o- gram, in 1934, 49 percent of all herds and more than 10 percent of all cattle tested in the State were infected. During subsequent years the total number of infected animals identified and removed approximately equaled the cow popu- lation of the When compared with early losses, New Hampshire has consistently made a 100-percent profit on the State-Federal in- vestment in brucellosis eradic
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