The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-04-08
Pleuro-P Pneumonia:--Its Cure by Inooula-
ton. #s. ..

We copy from tho Scottish Farmer OF Jan.
l3, 1854, the following interesting account OF
the ravages OF pleurO. pneumonia In Scotland
during the present season and the good results,
In staying Its progress, OF the system OF gen
eral incubation as recommended by the Inter-
national Congress OF Veterinarians at Hamburg,
In July Of last week.
Until this malady Is very cffectually kept In
check over tho whole country II must continue
and dairy farmers.
The month of January has been invariably
the healthiest Of the twelvemonth amongst cat
tle. The cases Of lung disease are always tar
below the average Of other months, and this
offers a striking refutation to the idea that the
complaint may arise spontaneously rs q CONF
mon cold. As usual, oil the outbreaks we have
witnessed lately have been on farms where pur-
chased stock has carried the disease, and We
have noticed singular fact In relation to the
progress Of the malady. During the cold
weather which Is now continuing, the animals
may cough; but there appears to be n material
influence exerted by the cold weather In check
ing the extensive exudations which occur when
pleuro. pneumonia kills. A few mild cases crst
occur In contaminated stocks; and as the sea g.
SON grows milder, the disease becomes severe,
and attains its period of greatest destructibili-
Is in July. This Is the rule with oil plaques,
but could be least expected with disease-it Is
true, malignant fever-in which tho leading
local signs are Of an inHammatory nature, and
Involving the organs of respiration. There Is
broad line of demarcation between tho conta-
gious plcuro. pneumonia and nm attack OF bron-
chits or inflammation OF tho lungs; and tho
distinction Of greatest practical Importance Is
the manner in which the last named diseases
occur In isolated animals, whereas the hrst
H..
We should not have recurred to tho subject
of lung disease but for inquiries as to tho value
of specific remedies, and the uniform success
We have had in discarding all quack prepa.
rations, and vigorously carrying out preventive
measures. At one timo We opposed tho prac.
tico of incubation. II was opposed In Belgium
and London; accidents were frequent, aud tho
cases of success doubtful. wccarried out sue.
cessfully other plans Of prevention which arc
Jll of great value, and 10 the majority OF
feeding stocks quite adequate to the work OF
arresting the progress OF the disease; but rs o
rule, on farms, and especially on dairy farms,
and In town dairies, the only chance of cutting
short the disease In week or two Is to inocu
late. Wo hayo performed many experiments
rs 10 the best way of collecting the lymph, the
best instruments TO be used. and tho best man.
ner In which to treat the inoculated animals; I;
and the result is, that the complications arising
alter in0cLalon arelcss tTOuUlesouIc uhu e'ch
the ordinary consequences Of vaccination In q
child. We procure the clcarcst lymph and
preserve Il, and use an instrument to INTRODUCES
n drop beneath tho skin, which secures sutfi-
cient but not excessive reaction, such rs We
need to render the animal ever after free from
a tendency to take the disease. ...
We have been called upon to arrest the pro-
Crcss OF the lung disease on farms where II has
been raging with extraordinary vrulenco. On
one there were thirteen cows out ut thirty.slx
dead in three weeks. We inoculated tho rest.
and before tho ninth day, when the incubation
began to take effect, 6vo other cases had oe-
CURED. ,.,--.L,
After nino days. only two animals showed
signs of the disease, In 90 mild form that
they recovered without treatment, and all the
remainder were spared an attack. Such 70.
suit amongst stock OF Ayrshire COWS can be
obtained by no other process. We shall short
ly turn the attention Of our readers to :he sub.
ject OF innoculntion In all It's bearings. Mean.
while, we are confident that care In collecting
the lymph and in operating, Is alone needed to
rescue an operation brilliant In It's results from
tho unpopular position 1t has held In this ooun-