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Brucellosis Eradication Moves Ahead at Accelerated Pace

Department of Animal Husbandry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

ABSTRACT

At the American Dairy Science Association's annual meeting in Indiana in 1940, the Dairy Cattle Health Committee of the Association was born in the Extension Section. Its first committee report was presented the following year at Vermont, before a joint session of the Extension and Production groups. From that time until the present, this committee, later becoming a joint committee of Extension and Production, has made its reports regularly. Brucellosis eradication in the United States from the start has been a prime objective. Now, in 1959, this once costly cattle disease is definitely and surely being brought under control—eradicated.

As of June 30, 1959, 19 states, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico were designated as modified-certified brucellosis-free areas, a status meaning that over 99% of the cattle and over 95% of the herds are brucellosis-free. In addition to these areas, 829 counties in 29 other states also are certified. The most recent states to gain this enviable position were Nevada, Arizona, and Maryland.