BRITISH DAIRYING

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 157, 21 July 1937, Page 13

BRITISH DAIRYING

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New Tuberculosis Scheme

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i LONDON, June 5. The revised scheme, announced by Mr W. S. Morrison, Minister for Agriculture, to increase the number of British herds of cattle officially certitied to be tuberculosis free, offers additional financial inducements to owners of herds to qualify for a certificate and entry in the register of attested herds. If a herd of cattle has been found not to contain more than 10 per cent. of reactors, and these have been disposed of, the owner may apply to the Minister for financial assistance towards the cost of further tests. This will be at the maximum of 2/6 a head of the cattle tested, plus £1 1/- a herd. The contribution will not exceed the charges made by the veterinary surgeon carrying out the tests. Where a herd fails to pass a test, the owner will have the opportunity of applying for a maximum of three further oflicial tests at the expense of the Ministry. Herds accepted for oflicial tests will be known as "Supervised" fierds, and the owners will have to comply with rules regarding the disposal of reactors and the disinfection of premises. The direct advantages to herd owners of entering the scheme of attestation, it is stated, lie in the provision by the Ministry of free tests, together with a bonus of ld a gallon on all milk from the herd sold through the Milk Marketing Scheme. The attested herds schewie affords a means of protection against wastage from tuberculosis, while animals eoming from tuberclefree herds command substantially higher prices than animals from herds in respect of which) there is no such guarantee.