[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper (Union) R.D.C.

  • Belper (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Brucellosis Since the inception of routine milk sampling several years age from farms where Raw Milk is b.ottled considerable progress has been made in that in 1971 only two farms were found to have animals with Brucella Abortus out of a total of eleven farms sampled. At the end of the year this position 'was further changed in that one farmer cancelled his licence to be a producer/re tail er and the one cow infected with Brucella. Abortus on another farm was slaughtered. Milk Sampling Figures for the. Year. 1 Type of 1 Total number Ring Test Culture. 1 Test Guinea pig T Sample taken Positive Negative i Positive :Negative Positive, jNeg ! . 1 i 1 ■ Bottle I 1 1 1 j Herd 1 - _ _ __ 27 2 25 | - 2 , 2 i G-roup 7 10 | 1 6 ] 2 ! Individual 1 . 10 6 4 ! 2 , j Total 55 15 40 3 ! 12 4 No. of infected cows (a) sent for slaughter 1 (b) isolated on-farm 1 whole herd- { Producer/ Dealer.’ s licence now cancelled). I'To new cases of infection starting up on farms being regularly sampled came to light.