Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

MS 197
Iowa Animal Health Advisory Committee
Records, 1974-1982, n.d


Descriptive summary

creator: Iowa Animal Health Advisory Committee
title: Records
dates: 1974-1982, n.d
extent: 0.21 linear ft. (1 half-document box)
collection number: MS 197
repository: Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation: Iowa Animal Health Advisory Committee Records, MS 197, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

The Iowa Animal Health Advisory Committee was created in 1960 to work on hog cholera eradication, but later took on other diseases and issues such as tuberculosis, brucellosis and pseudorabies (Aujesky's Disease). Until August of 1976, the committee was called the Infectious Disease Committee. The Iowa Animal Health Advisory Committee served at the behest of the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. Its members included a cross-section of individuals connected to the meat industry, including state and federal veterinarians and representatives from meat packing firms, livestock producer organizations, and farm organizations.

 

Collection description

The collection (1974-1982, n.d.) consists of news clippings, correspondence, agendas, speeches, charts, meeting minutes, and copies of Iowa legislation. Records in the collection deal primarily with efforts to eradicate brucellosis and pseudorabies (Aujesky's Disease). Also included in the collection are membership records and charts from 1977 outlining outbreaks of brucellosis in Iowa and nationwide and pseudorabies in Iowa. Correspondents include Robert H. Lounsberry, Harold Mindermann, and Keith Myers.

 

Organization

The collection is arranged chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

2

Advisory Committee membership

1974-1976

1

3

Correspondence

1974‑1977

1

6

Meeting agendas, minutes and attachments

1974-1977

1

1

Charts: brucellosis infection and pseudorabies vaccination and infection

1975‑1977

1

4

Electronic Identification of Livestock: Includes speech by Harold Mindermann (Director, Commodity and Mar­keting Division, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation) - "Use of Electronic Identification in Cattle Commerce"

1976, n.d.

1

8

Proposals for the eradication of pseudorabies

1976-1982

1

5

Legislation: Proposed legislation on the establishment of a Livestock Health Advisory Council; an Iowa Veterinary Practice Act; an Iowa Animal Drug Act and an Act to Control and Eradicate Aujeszky's Disease (pseudorabies) in Swine

1976-1978, n.d.