Inventory of the Dept. of Agriculture. Division of Animal Industry, Bureau of Animal Health Records
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Inventory of the Dept. of Agriculture. Division of Animal Industry, Bureau of Animal Health Records
Inventory: F3911
California State Archives
Office of the Secretary of State
Sacramento, California
Contact Information:
- California State Archives
- 1020 "O" Street
- Sacramento, California 95814
- Phone: (916) 653-2246
- Fax: (916) 653-7363
- Email: ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov
- URL: http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/
- Processed by:
- The California State Archives staff
© 2000 California Secretary of State. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Dept. of Agriculture. Division of Animal Industry, Bureau of Animal Health Records
Inventory: F3911
Creator:
Dept. of Agriculture. Division of Animal Industry, Bureau of Animal Health
Repository:
California State Archives
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
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State Archives.
Agency History
The earliest state involvement in the systematic control of animal diseases dates to 1919 (Chapter 325) with the creation
of the Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Animal Industry, Livestock Disease Control Service. In 1934 this office was supplanted
by the Livestock Sanitary Service. The Bureau of Animal Health was created in 1962.
The Bureau is responsible for the detection, control, eradication, and prevention of harmful animal diseases. Detection activities
include surveillance, examination, testing, and autopsies performed both in the field and in laboratories. Control is accomplished
through vaccination, testing, and elimination of infected animals, cleaning and disinfection of trucks and premises, and restriction
of animal movement by hold orders, quarantines, or controlled destination movement permits for animals with disease, exposed
to disease, or contaminated with harmful substances. Eradication efforts focus on state and USDA programs to break the cycle
of infection by test and removal of infected animals, sterilization methods, sanitation of hatching eggs, and herd treatment
for external parasites. Owners of removed animals are in some cases indemnified for a portion of the animal's value. Preventive
measures are directed against the entry of diseases which do not currently exist in California. This includes destroying ship
and aircraft garbage, inspecting imported animals, disease monitoring and edcational efforts, and quarantines when applicable.
The Bureau also works to prevent the fraudulent drugging of horses that would alter their disposition in a public sale or
performance.
The records described below constitute a rich source of information concerning the state's efforts to control various animal
diseases, in particular, brucellosis in cattle, Newcastle disease (chickens and turkeys), vesicular exanthema (hogs), foot
and mouth disease (cattle), scrapie (sheep), and tuberculosis.
1. Subject Files. 1941-1971. F3911:1-8
Physical Description:
8 file folders.
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Selected subject files of Division Chief J.E. Stuart. Includes information about brucellosis, dourine, Newcastle disease,
and vesicular exanthema. Files include correspondence, memoranda, reports, regulations, and publications.
2. Subject Files. 1919, 1943-1978. F3911:9-17
Physical Description:
9 file folders.
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Selected subject files of Bureau Chief E.F. Chastain. Includes
information, largely medical and technical in nature, about artificial insemination in cows, brucellosis, hog chlorea, and
tuberculosis. Files contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, regulations, and a large number of publications, principally
from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
3. Administrative Files. 1955-1975. F3911:18-20
Physical Description:
3 file folders.
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Selected administrative files of Bureau Chief E.F. Chastain. Includes information relating to administrative concerns, in
particular, budget, personnel, and statewide animal health committees. Files contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications,
and minutes.
Records of the Bureau of Animal Health
4. Livestock Disease Control Files. 1930-1959. F3911:21-26
Physical Description:
6 file folders.
Scope and Content Note
Organized into two sub-series: correspondence, arranged chronologically; and subject files, arranged alphabetically by subject.
Includes information on border and port inspections, brucellosis, and other major diseases. Contains monthly reports for the
Division, 1952-1954, monthly reports for the Bureau, 1956-1957, and Division annual reports, 1955 and 1959.
5. Administrative Files. 1939-1955. F3911:27-36
Physical Description:
9 file folders, 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Correspondence and administrative hearings relating to Bureau activities. Hearings are concerned with Bureau control and procedures
regarding tuberculosis, vesicular exanthema, and swine diseases. Also included is World War II service flag honoring Bureau
personnel.
6. Subject Files. 1915-1981. F3911:37-81.
Physical Description:
39 file folders, 6 sound recordings.
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Contains wide range of material relating to Bureau activities, including information about brucellosis, foot and mouth disease
effort in Mexico, Newcastle disease, Hearst feral swine project, scrapie, tuberculosis, vesicular exanthema, and the veterinary
diagnostic laboratory study. Files contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, special studies, publications, regulations,
publicity materials, photographs, and sound recordings of hearings on brucellosis control program in 1959.