. Activities handbook. Veterinary medicine. ACHIEVEMENTS Washington, The staff of Laboratory Services was instru- mental in compiling and editing material for inclusion in a publication requested by the subcommittee on Reorganization and Inter- national Organizations of the Senate Commit- tee on Government Operations. Entitled "Veterinary Medicine of the United States and its Contribution to Man's Health and Welfare," it deals with both national and international organizations and agencies in which veterinary medicine of the United States plays a part. It will be used mainly for
. Activities handbook. Veterinary medicine. ACHIEVEMENTS Washington, The staff of Laboratory Services was instru- mental in compiling and editing material for inclusion in a publication requested by the subcommittee on Reorganization and Inter- national Organizations of the Senate Commit- tee on Government Operations. Entitled "Veterinary Medicine of the United States and its Contribution to Man's Health and Welfare," it deals with both national and international organizations and agencies in which veterinary medicine of the United States plays a part. It will be used mainly for congressional review but should serve as an invaluable documentary of information on the services veterinary medi- cine has rendered to mankind. The semiannual check test kits for brucel- losis were supplied to all of the principal State- Federal laboratories. These tests check agree- ment between laboratories. The results on the last series showed agreement on 92 percent of the samples tested. The chemistry unit, although an integral part of the Division, performs services for both Animal Disease Eradication and Animal Inspection and Quarantine Division pertaining to (a) acaricides, (b) disinfectants, (c) ani- mal tissues and other matter suspected of containing poison, (d) animal byproducts of- fered for entry from areas having or suspected of having foot-and-mouth disease or rinder- pest, and (e) diagnostic agents. Two hundred and eighty-seven chemical analyses on products and materials were com- pleted in 1960. In addition to chemical analy- ses, the laboratory develops apparatus and methods for vat-side testing of dijjs used in the Division's regulatory work. To maintain this testing of dipping baths, chemicals for 16,872 tests were field inspectors. Also supplies for 967 tests were furnished inspec- tors for determining the preservatives in serums, vaccines, and diagnostics manufac- tured under the supervision of the Veterinary Biologies Inspection Section of
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