§ Mr. SPEROasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that a number 1020W of farmers inject their herds with tuberculin and that such injections have the effect of nullifying the veterinary inspectors' tests; and whether he will restrict the sale of tuberculin to qualified medical men and veterinary surgeons
§ Mr. BUXTONI have been asked to reply. I am aware that a tuberculous animal, which has been subjected to the tuberculin test, will not normally react again to this test for a considerable time, and that an unscrupulous stockowner, therefore, might use this to enable him to pass a tuberculous animal for a healthy one. I have no reason to think, however, that this practice is carried on to any appreciable extent. Many farmers use tuberculin for the legitimate purpose of testing their herds, and I am not prepared at present to place obstacles in their way by adopting the suggestion contained in the second part of the question.