ANIMAL HEALTH BOARD:

An Inventory of Its Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Program Summaries at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota. Board of Animal Health.
Title:Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Program Summaries.
Dates:1924-1973.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Summaries of total herds and total cattle tested for brucellosis and tuberculosis, totals found negative, totals infected, and totals suspicious.
Quantity:11.0 cubic feet (11 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The testing program was organized and carried out by board’s predecessors, the State Livestock Sanitary Board and Livestock Sanitary Board, in cooperation with the U. S. Department of Agriculture [USDA]. Local veterinarians did the actual testing. One copy of each summary was retained by the board and one copy was sent to the USDA.

The summaries occasionally list individual farmers whose cattle were tested.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

Arranged first by county; thereunder, by year.


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Board of Animal Health. Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Program Summaries. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 979-37; 988-156; 989-116

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017038140104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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115.F.6.4FBrucellosis Eradication Program:
Area tests not completed during 1966-1971. 1 folder.
County summaries, Aitkin – Crow Wing.
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115.F.6.5BCounty summaries, Dakota – Lake of the Woods.
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115.F.6.6FCounty summaries, Le Sueur - Pine.
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115.F.6.7BCounty summaries, Pipestone - Steele.
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115.F.6.8FCounty summaries, Stevens – Yellow Medicine.
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115.F.6.9BTuberculosis Eradication Program:
Reactor tags and identification tags issued, 1959-1973. 1 folder.
County summaries, Aitkin – Cottonwood.
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115.F.6.10FCounty summaries, Crow Wing - Hubbard.
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115.F.6.11BCounty summaries, Isanti - Martin.
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115.F.6.12FCounty summaries, Meeker - Pipestone.
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115.F.6.13BCounty summaries, Polk - Stearns.
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115.F.6.14FCounty summaries, Steele – Yellow Medicine.

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Records of the Wilkin County Auditor include copies, with related correspondence, of summaries of retests on infected herds (1926-1942), which may fill in gaps for that county in this series.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Animals -- Diseases -- Minnesota.
Brucellosis -- Minnesota.
Cattle -- Diseases -- Minnesota.
Livestock -- Diseases -- Minnesota.
Tuberculosis in cattle -- Minnesota.
Organizations:
Minnesota. Livestock Sanitary Board.
Minnesota. State Livestock Sanitary Board.
United States. Department of Agriculture.

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