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Some Current Aspects of Animal Disease Control

Report of a Work Party of the Public Health Committee of the American Dairy Science Association for 1959

Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

W. D. Pounden

Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio

ABSTRACT

Preliminary reports for 1958 by the National Office of Vital Statistics reveal there were 12% fewer human cases of brucellosis than in 1957. At least part of this accomplishment must be attributed to the national brucellosis eradication program in cattle (5). Recent reports indicate that tuberculosis in cattle is undergoing a slight rise in incidence in some areas of the central states and, because of its relationship to dairy herds, no doubt greater emphasis will be expended on its control. This slight rise in tuberculosis also indicates that more frequent testing may be desired from the viewpoint of public health in respect to sanitary milk control, and that such testing might be done at a 3-yr. interval. Leptospirosis apparently is quite prevalent in many areas and may require considerable effort to prevent its being a recurring problem. Although the organisms are killed by pasteurization, danger may exist to personnel working with infected herds.