DEATH CERMS IN MILK.
; Itis generally held that frequently cows may; be tuberculous without yielding- tuberculous milt. . 'And in these columns a few -, days'' ago 1 wo quoted anarticlo from • the ■ British journal ''Health," to the effect that only one cow ;in two -hundred gave - forth . tho gormg.in milk..; The same journal, howover, added-that, the-milk of, this, one cow ' mixed . with, the milk of 200 others would ■ make the r whole : exceedingly .dangerous to life. Emphasis is now-given to .the .warning of .danger,.by' a ' declaration ; of: the Medical Officer vof BirminghamVthat ;rl4 . samples out i of 100 samples-of milk examined in Birmingham, contained the. germs, of .tuberculosis; ' If it ..be .true, :a's recently. stated, -that 150 . per cent.; ofa' lino; of skim-milk; fed i pigs in ;■ a .Northern. district: ,of Now . Zealand. were - ■ found to be tuberculous,- it .must be apparent that there is danger, lurking even.in tho milk-pails of. New Zealand. ;
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 171, 13 April 1908, Page 3
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152DEATH CERMS IN MILK. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 171, 13 April 1908, Page 3
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