[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Berwick County Council.
- Berwickshire (Scotland). County Council.
- Date:
- 1933
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Berwick County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![REPORTS BY THE VETERINARY INSPECTORS. Under Milk and Dairies (Scotland) Act, 1914. THE EAST DISTRICT OF BERWICKSHIRE, exclusive of the Parishes of Abbey St. Bathans, Bunkle, Chirnside, and Hutton. 1. CONDITION AND CLEANLINESS OF CATTLE. The cows were nearly all in good or fair niiUdng condition and 70% or thereby were clean, and the sheds, methods of milking, etc., were quite satisfactory—about 25% were fairly clean, the remainder being ungroomed and the udders, teats and hands uncleansed. In some premises grooming was ])erfunctorily performed, and the sheds were cleaned out just before or even during milking hours. Nevertheless, I have observed steady improvement in the production of clean milk of good quahty and increased willingness on the part of dairymen to adopt better methods. (а) Nature of Fodder and Diet as affecting quality of Milk. During the -winter months most cows were on a diet of hay and/or oat straw, turnips, bruised oats, flaked maize, cake (various) and bran—with bean or molassine meal, dried grains, sugar beet pulp, etc., as additions or substitutes. During the dry summer, more concentrates, especially oats, were used. For heavy milking cows, the value of a mixture of concentrates in quantity proportionate to the milk yield, .size and condition, with good hay and little or no straw is becoming more generally recognised. (б) Number of Diseased Cows found—specify diseases. These numbered 47 (excluding tuberculosis). The diseases are given below in tabidar form. Registered. Non- Registered. Total. Mastitis G 3 9 Retained placenta .. 9 5 14 Indurated udder 4 4 8 Milk fever and seque Ife .... 7 4 11 Febrile conditions .... .... 2 28 (c) Disposed of Milk from Diseased Coivs. O 19 5 47 Milk from diseased or suspected cows was mixed with disinfectant and di.scardcd ; or fed, boiled, whcii necessary, to](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28647701_0051.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
