INSPECTION OF CO WSHEDS.
In connection with the forthcoming Government inspection of cowsheds (writes our AVairarapa correspondent), it: is' interesting to note: what;is.being done by Liverpool, ono of the most advanced, cities in the world in this, mattcri .'AYithin.tho city, a ; systematic examination of cows and cowsheds is conducted throughout the year by officials, styled "leaveJookers," who report; all. cases of sickness.' among'-'.the cattlo...
In Rural Districts. .: | _' V... : t The pow;ers ,of/,theiCqrporationofficials. lbeyond jtne,. city- boundaries.: are- more fcireum-; scribed than-they' are within 1 -the city,but the i;ight, of tho." Corporation to v touch' tho rural .• districts is;' valuable as 'far. as itygoes. Inspectors systematically visit various .-places supplied with milk: from; rural-centres, and tako' ! samples. These! are, examined''bacteriologicallyV, and "should, tube'rcle.' bacilli be 're-. veal'od : tlie veterinary' superintendent, accom-, ipaniod by, tho medical officer of j health; goes ; to-the farirt: or. dairy whencq .the milk, is .'supplied arid'examines the stock. '-When tuberculosis, is discovered proceedings. are taken under the. Act to 'prevent-the distribution: of milk from, affected cows. It has .been found 'that;' generally, .speaking',- the country cowsheds are far less sanitary, than those of. the cityj ■ hnd that in'ipite'.of.'.tho more.con-' genial surroundings in many/.respects' the conditions''aro far less'favourable .to , the. health of the cows in the provincial cowyards and sheds than: they'"aro iii"tli(J"cityj where,,the premises are .under more strict supervision. ' ' 1
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 26, 25 October 1907, Page 2
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223INSPECTION OF CO WSHEDS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 26, 25 October 1907, Page 2
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