Tuberculosis Test

Tuberculosis Test

June 24, 1930

U.S. Department of Agriculture

This is proof of a result of a tuberculin test done on a herd of 102 Jersey and Holstein cattle done on June 24, 1930. The tuberculosis vaccine was developed in 1927, but still not very wide spread. The cattle tested for tuberculosis were given an injection of a purified type of the disease, then the injection site would be examined 3 days later to see how the cattle reacted to the injection. If the injection site shows any type of reaction that specific cow is suspected of having tuberculosis and is subject to further testing which would confirm or deny the contraction of tuberculosis. If one cow had a reaction to the test then the entire herd would be considered compromised and would not have been cleared to produce milk and other dairy products for the school. In 1930 the herd of cattle owned by the university was certified as tuberculosis free and the cows were cleared to produce milk for the university.

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University of Montevallo

Tuberculosis test & certification

Anna Crawford Milner Archives and Special Collections - Presidential Papers

Makena Kay

University of Montevallo/ Alabama College

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Test Result