MILK INFECTION
TUBERCULOSIS CASES NATIONAL SCHEME URGED PLEA BY VETERINARIAN [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION"] PALMERSTON NORTH, Wednesday A national schemo of tuberculosis eradication in respect of dairy herds was urged, on humanitarian grounds, by Mr. W. M. Webster, veterinarian at Massey College, when addressing a gathering of women's organisations. He said it was established beyond dispute that a large proportion of non-pulmon-ary tuberculosis, particularly in children, was of bovine origin. This type of infection, added Mr. Webster, was crippling and disabling rather than fatal, in the majority of cases, but anything that could be done to reduce the risk to children should be undertaken without hesitation. Mr. Webster stated that between 1 and 2 per cent of the milk retailed in New Zealand for human consumption was infected, and this constituted a menace to children.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22538, 1 October 1936, Page 14
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