[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Edinburgh City.

  • Edinburgh (Scotland). City Council
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Edinburgh City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Number of organs condemned in the different classes of animals at abattoir during 1957 (excluding organs of animals totally condemned) :— Cattle Swine Sheep Grand ! Tot al I Organs Condemned Oxen Bulls Cows Heifers Calves Total Lungs and Hearts :— Tuberculosis 758 9 206 36 1 1,010 15 — 1 .025 1 Other Causes 1,905 4 129 66 9 2,113 7,321 3,641 13.075 1 Bowels :— Tuberculosis 298 1 81 11 — 391 5 1 397] Other Causes 78 3 100 4 — 185 451 531 1,167 Stomachs :— Tuberculosis 26 — 6 1 — 33 2 — 35 Other Causes 159 2 48 4 — 213 266 290 769 | Spleens :— Tuberculosis 18 — 4 — — 22 — — 22 1 Other Causes 7 1 2 — — 10 12 26 48 Livers:— T uberculosis 255 — 42 8 — 305 9 — 314 j Other Causes 9,602 8 549 92 10 10,261 2,168 6.352 18.781 j Kidneys :— . Tuberculosis 11 — 1 1 — 13 — — 13 ' Other Causes 132 4 106 14 2 258 460 130 848 | Udders :— T uberculosis — — 2 — — 2 — — 2 Other Causes — — 367 1 — 368 278 18 664 j Heads :— T uberculosis 374 4 105 19 3 505 857 — 1.362 1 Other .Causes_. ... 570 5 31 35 — 641 131 8 730 ] Skirts :— Tuberculosis 71 — 9 »> — 82 — — 82 j Other Causes 757 - — 91 12 — S60 5 20 885 ] Total 15,021 41 1,879 306 25 17.272 11,980 11.017 40.269 j —' Percentage during 1957 :— incidence of tuberculosis in animals Cattle Calves Swine Oxen ... • • • 3-95 Bulls ... • • • 9-02 Cows ... ... 4-55 Heifers • • • 1*66 slaughtered at abattoir 3-S6 0-92 2-08 The infected calves originated in herds in which several reactors to the tuberculin test had been found. The animals were a few weeks old and the distribution of the lesions indicated a post-natal infection.
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