MASTITIS IN COWS
“Cause Of Food Poisoning” The food poisoning which had affected six member* of two Christchurch families th « Depart- , ™«nt’ been traced to raw milk from cows suffering from mastitis, the District Med»cal Officer of Health (Dr. L. F. Jepson) said yesterday. «>e herd from which the milk had come had shown a number of animals with the disease, he said, and these were now under treatmem.
Mastitis i* always liable to spring up, just as human beings mr e ifa Ue to , i J™*®* I ,*™ obe same sort of thing ta.a way,” he said. “It i i* up to th* former to keep an eye open for thi* kind of disease, but of course it is • slways possible for him to • naias it in som* animal. Pas* > responsible for the disease. I Food poisoning from ths ’ staphylococcus is just another i hazard of drinking raw milk."
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29671, 15 November 1961, Page 14
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