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44 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
TB IN CATTLE
ALMOST BEATEN
Canada is getting closer to joining
the ranks of bovine tuberculosis -free
counties such as Norway and the Neth-
erlands, say Agriculture Canada offi-
cials.
In 1978, a move from area -testing
herds to monitoring regular slaughtered
cattle in abattoirs for tuberculosis -like
lesions, which appear as changes in the
lymph node, promised success within a
decade. Now, however, the finish line
has been moved ahead to 1989.
"Our target is a rate of one lesion for
every 2,000 cows slaughtered," says
Eric Broughton, acting chief of control
programs in the Animal Health Divi-
sion. "Last year we attained one m a
thousand."
The number of infected herds has
been fluctuating from a high of 22 in the
fiscal year 1979-80 to zero in 1984-85.
Last year, 10 infected herds were dis-
covered. So far this year, only three
infected herds have been found.
The first statistics on bovine tuber-
culosis became available in 1907 when
the national meat inspection system was
established. Testing by area began in
1923 when the estimated rate of infec-
tion was four per cent.
In 1961, a figure of less than 0.1 per
cent was reached, but the rate of infec-
tion remained at about 0.1 for 17 years,
prompting new tactics.°
CFA WELCOMES
TAX ADVICE
The Canadian Federation of Agri-
culture has welcomed the recommenda-
tions on tax reform made by the Corn -
mons Standing Committee on Finance
and Economic Affairs last month.
Att. studying a federal proposal
that farmers be required to used modi-
fied accrual accounting rather than the
cash system, the committee recom-
mended that the proposal be dropped.
The CFA also hailed the commit-
tee's recommendation to replace pro-
posed profitability and gross revenue
tests with peer reviews to decide if a
farm has a reasonable expectation of
profit and if the tax filer is a farmer.°