The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-03-05
The EpizoOtic.Aphtha, or Foot'and'
Mouth Disease.

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date says:
Since the introduction Of pleuro.pneu.
monia among the cattle of the United
States by the importation to Brooklyn
in 1843 Of q single diseased cow from
England, no discovery more startling to
cattle owners has been made than that
of the existence Of epizoo:ic-aphtha on
board the steamer France: This
discovery has been made within two
days past by Veterinary Surgeon
HOPKINS, who was called on to inspect
the Jersey cattle brought over last week
on that steamer. It will be remembered
that the cattle are part of y valuable
consignment of blooded stock to Mr.. W.
Easton, a full description of which was
published in the Herald last week. The
entire consignment, with the exception
of three horses which died on the
voyage of non.infectious diseases,
arrived in port, it was supposed, in
good condition. 1t was only after some
DAYS had elapsed that the disease named
was detected in the cattle, but after it
had once been discovered other
yeterinaries confirmed the diagnosis,
and it is no longer doubted that one of
the great English cattle plaques is
present on these shores.
The cattle, comprising four bulls and
eight heifcrs, are of the pure Jersey
stock, bred by MIR. Tattersall at Old Oak
Farm, Shepherds Bush. They are
beautiful specimens of the stock, and
the herd is valued at about $4,000.
! They are intended for breeding in this
. country, and were selected especially
!, with reference to their fine points. A
reporter visited them yesterday, in
company with DR.. Hopkins, and was
+ greatly impressed with their beauty
n even in their condition. They were
n still standing in the stalls in which they
o had made the voyage, and were care
~ fully blanketed, but seemed alert and
l. almost unconscious Of their disease
j. which is still in an incipient stage.
70 "What is epizootic.aphtha?'' aske'
% the reporter.
l. eft is one of the great cattle plague
of Europe" replied DR.. Hopkins, sc
g which there have hitherto been no case
1t in this country. 1t is commonly Gale
es the foot-and. mouth disease, affecting, a
re it does, the foot as we'll rs the mouth
ne It is blood disease. but what the specif
10 poison is that affects the blood no ma
OF has yet been able to tell, any more tina
it the specific poisons in various huma
an diseases are known. It is contagiou
at never arising spontaneously, 50 far as
Ito known, but being acquired by media
OFT or immediate contagion. Ii you p
other cattle with these they would
affected, or if you removed these al
placed others in the same quarters, wit
nd out a thorough disinfection, the ne
ny corners might and probably would cat
,rk the Infection
ar. "How were these cattle infected?'
to ~ do not know. The shippers
m. clare that they were in tirst-rate COM
ed, ton when they were put on board, a
ont the people connected with the ship
ar. they have never had the disease aboa1
." They do not make any very strenuc
9th declarations, though" he added. witt
the half smile, "for they lost fifteen head
ind cattle on this same ship on her last "
iss- age"
hen "H How did they lose them?"
inc "They don't know, for there was
he'll veterinary surgeon on board. All Il
,me know is that the cattle died. ! sho
eed think that the value of fifteen head
sus. cattle would pay the expense OF
ion Urinary. But we do not know VII
ear. these cattle caught their disease:
box We know is that they have it and t
hen these quarters are now infected. 1t
the very fortunate thing that the disc
year was discovered before the cattle got
laid among Others in this country, for
und spread would probably have been
hen great as that of pleuro.pneumonia
nave been, and that has spread SO in less t
,day forty years that it will cost the Cow
fer ment $50, 100000 to stamp ont the
,way ease if they try it as is now propose
, an els this disease as dangerous
rom pleuro.pneumonia?"
). "In one sense it is not. The da'