TUBERCULOSIS IN PIGS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 8

TUBERCULOSIS IN PIGS.

[ , PASTEURISATION ADVOCATED

\s\ :;i^ ; At/the anhual:- meeting' of;the'.Mangorei-I;';.-;.//Dairy, Company/.the.'/question bf/whether\;M pr : : not-pasteurisers/ shbuld'' be ']: : installed/ U centre:factory |iv-;;;^ve;rise:;tb::tt?discussibn^:as/tb:'the'value: fai'A, vi ,; :.milk.'.'/for':/'the--*pre- : tS/;?:Tebtibn/ bf./the:"spread''/;of:!-tuberculbsis ; j//:;i;ambhg';pigs;-:/;.:.//.::///////'/':/;/::: -.';■/ />:;: Er;:r'iVMr;/A.-vM6r ton, : the. ichairmari/ said/that: p/,5/»lttougii/:diseasej ambngVistock :• fV-'r.vVpant 'injv.aribus iparts of'-'the.'D.ominibri/ te'//Bb 'effectual/ mea'sures/ had:■' beehj'taken'v to -! Rv;K'ch'eck_-; or'- pfeveht-'its '.spread./-.. The'resiilts :j fef/-of: experiments';by.the",Daii'y;:Division of. p::/; the Depart uient-;:, to"; 'see -.'/ii- 1 f.-l]ii'- pasteurisation/would; vid' : skim;: milk of .'the' 1 |<^/:;^seasß/germs/ebhtaibed ; IfV ABp;;. satisfactory /that: /a/farge.. h'uin lier": of i | ; //:Vfact9ries ;had::gqne'..ih^fpr;'it. : ;, /Che; qu'es-r f:/'::-tion^'jhowev'er; '.was in/its'/experimental-; e.-.-vßtage. . : different/makes' of,' pas-K.-y.teurisers'.ahd-Vdilfefent:: methods "of ■:.-pas-' h\ -;and :/alsb/'diuereut /opinions ' [ v/:;'Bm'ong : dairymen :as:'to itsivalue.;. There jj■:;/;... could,-;be ;fed/to : i calves; andl'pigs: ; without - Sfear.;;:,bf/;germsV;/; In,', Tarauaki'iithcy; fcy.-were.-:hot:, iroubled':-with;, disease : to; any' K//extent;?but : :in:'spme:pafts;of: the Douiin-' RT/';-',:ipn;pigs- were:f-'rb'tten; ; with: tubercuibs'isV S-v;//rurthef,. r the'-.Vetefinary/Department said to,/'that-:not■ only/was ;the -food- purer, 'but it [,:-/'/.was' also -'Better,'.-as the.process' of cooking' ?//.:■ rendered" it/■bette'r.-.-isuited' for ; calves•"■ or pAj^pigs/:://;; J;-;:;,;/-/:,:,,;;::;.:'/.:; :„-r/:/../ p.Ji '■■; ; Mr:;iEowlands:.: considered ) they J had/ "a' !;/'/.-lot pfcthepry but.:yery.few. : flgures:bf prac-;' hf/./.tical .experience to. guide ; thein. He could vi/:;i;;:pitp.ia' case ; /where,:.pigs/:had-beeii : . lost KV'/thafc .had. been fed on' butter-milk; as :well E;/: ; -.i'as!'skim-milk.:;;In .many.cas'esi:bad;hous>. f-//: ; o'f,pigs'ahd, ; calves.-in''Wet''-wbather .ias e-:. .''-.Tesponsible. ..It iVaSr'.hbt fait to attribute' ('':;>,vßll : diseases:to : ;'skihi:milk.:'-:'";;: :>\;:'-- f; ;:';::>ifr::'PriceHhoughtftuberculosis:was;due ; ; ,/;<RS, much; to., colds .and chills'; as 'anything p;-;:>else/. ! J,V/.'..'-' V' V-;.^. ,/: '/';'■- ■'■'-'•,■-•■'.>.-, ■-.-.,! //:/>:■ Mr.'G.:Herbert said that it' had been' K/,;,:;proved;:bey6nd' 'doubt 1 : that .tuberculosis ;;:;''."■ -was'■; spread .by;means of;skim-ihilk.■;The' j,;': / district/was. now' practically,' free: of/ dis-t:-/.ease',-.but::how.;'lbng it' wodld continue so p.;•'.;. was':.Questionable. 1 -, ■■ ■• -:-•':>v,;/ ; :i-:';.-'/;-'■'■ '. ■/,/;'•: ; ; Mr- Morton;; read :a: letter: : from ; ; . Mr; /.-V.Cuddie,.director-of Dairy... Produce,: who i(;ifVstated, inter/aljay;:;thatvhe .'■ noticed ; /the |.: , .company' were "discussing: pasteurisation (v-.-:.- :; and; hoped- it, would, be, carried -unani-: p ■:'•- -m'busly. -. It, TOuld -pay any 'dairy .'factory, !;,'. : .-.',to-, provide/facilities of Unis.v.-naturo, nsl>;,v; apart'from' the main point, of the spread-' '~ .'■ : ing : .:bf;; disease . among pigs .'and 'calves, -:,:■;■':skim-milk, 'after.being .pasteurised,,--,pos- !.:.'; gessed greater:fobd .value'by reason'of its f: . ; better: 1 condition/when it breached the i//-'"farm7 T "/" "":;^:;v>:/:t:'M::./;; : ;,-..-.-, !•'/:'. ; - The*:matter was,deferred for a'j-ear. '