Filthy vessels: milk safety and attempts to restrict the spread of bovine tuberculosis in Queensland
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Article Title | Filthy vessels: milk safety and attempts to restrict the spread of bovine tuberculosis in Queensland |
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ERA Journal ID | 11321 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Colclough, Gillian |
Journal Title | Health and History |
Journal Citation | 12 (1), pp. 6-26 |
Number of Pages | 21 |
Year | 2010 |
Publisher | Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISSN | 1442-1771 |
1839-3314 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5401/healthhist.12.1.0006 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5401/healthhist.12.1.0006 |
Abstract | Bovine tuberculosis is a dangerous mycobacterium that can be conveyed to humans in the meat and milk of cattle. By the mid-1800s, when health scientists began arguing about its zoonotic potential and danger to humans, the disease was well established in Australian cattle herds. This article examines the Queensland response to bovine tuberculosis from the late 1800s to the 1940s, when the problem of tubercular cattle could no longer be ignored. It shows that despite widespread concern about milk safety and increasing knowledge of the disease's aetiology, the Queensland government directed its milk safety activities towards public health education rather than the inadequacies of the dairy industry's approach to bovine tuberculosis. As such, it was tardy in addressing bovine tuberculosis. |
Keywords | bovine tuberculosis; public health |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300399. Animal production not elsewhere classified |
420603. Health promotion | |
420399. Health services and systems not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Learning and Teaching Support Unit |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q081w/filthy-vessels-milk-safety-and-attempts-to-restrict-the-spread-of-bovine-tuberculosis-in-queensland
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