The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-05

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Dies Noina gVecial: Prof n. Ssalker. 49,
vesssinasiaa, IVES. found in the. eity thscAhsr
day, and We imnlsdistsly corallsd for - -
pianAaioa o. ths cattle disease Outbreak q II
Mars: 7
II found, = b. said, ..thaa large numbsr Of
cattle had disd; that h alnost every oass ths
attack was fatal In company WITH Ne rssi-
dent physicians, ct once set about ascertain.
Ing The cause We made thorough cliuieal a.
animation, followed By post norton. found
tho disease was true Texas fever The mat
step was 10 Ascertain the source Of infection.
Inquiry disclosed the faot that nearly Ill Tie
cases were those Of town cows, which
were driven every morning to cor
tain range to feed through tic day,
aud were returned q night Knowing that
the disease could only b. cemunicased in
ono way, further inquiry showed that nearly
two months ago herd OF cattle from abroad
vas ted on the range several dayA ExaminA-
don Of the records at the ofiee Of the railroad
company showed that several cars Of cktsls
shipped from tho southern pert Of Mississippi
were unloaded ct LIE Mars aud fed several days,
when they were reloaded and sent to Dakota
From the date Of their feeding on this range 70
tho time OF the outbreak Of the disease among
the native cattle was fifty-two days, which
have found IL the incubation period Of this dis
ease. How much further south those cattle
came from Icannot trace; but they were evil
IDENTITY Southwestern cattle.s
s'Were any Of them sick; or did any OF them
'.No; IL 10 . singular fact that such cattle
IN fact, all these Texas cattle-are apparently
in perfect health This particular herd were
fst, sleek and in primo order for the butcher
Their meat Il, In faet, wholesome and health
the disease By contact The disease IL not In.
fections, but in certain sense Il IL contagious,
They carry the disease in their body, in their
spleen and ktdneya From the focal and uri-
nary discharges. on the ground where they feed,
70 express my idea Tho virtue ends with .
single transmission Northern or native cat
tie stacked with the disease win not transmit
1t TO the other cattle BY contact Sick and we'll
cattle may be stabbed together with no danger.
been driven on that Same range and they would
not have been Affected ct all Tho people there
were disposed to discredit my statement Of
this anamolous condition and nature OF the
disease. To satisfy them one Of those Southern
dition Arransenents were made i for dispos-
ing Of his carcass to butcher, and, in
the presence or the local physicisns
and health authorities, he was killed
and post norton examination made. Before
commencing, described infinitely what ex-
Pected to hnd. The examination verified my
diagnose precisely. The spleen was quadruple
the usual sire, and other organs were in The
condition found in oil these Texas cattle Il IL
the effect Of the climate in which they live and
the water and food they get"
tie!
II have found medication Of little or no avail
It 10 uniformly fatal One CT tWo frosts seems
to destroy the virus on ground where these
How about that herd sent out to Dakota;
WI they not cause the same results they did
1T !. mot improbable; still going SO far
north they may become changed in physical
condition, 80 that the virus they leave behind
may lose it, destructive force. However, I
Hosld nat BE- surprised to hear oftrouble from
'.What have you determined - to the cause
Ct the recent mortality among horses in Pot
81 have not yet arrived at . satisfactory con-
clusion; After . very, careful clinical examina-
toxicant; that tho sniiusls we're iii Affected
alike, and that they ill had been feeding in
days searching tho locality where they graxei
for some known poisonous weed, being salts
fed that the trouble came from something
eaten. could find nothing 10 which to attri-
butc il, but did find weed growing quite
luxuriantly which belongs to the family Of :
very poisonous weed and Of which The
horses there cat quite freely and seem to
like il I gathered . quantity Of il. found
that the horses in other sections, or ON the
college farm would not eat il, or even
taste it an I cOu1d mt txaat ita efRacfa 7
think, therefore. the taste and liking Of it is
acquired, like that for tobacco or opiAtes by
man. It begins with frequent nibbling of It I
shall further test it, " have useless horse
ct my innrmary to which I propose togiye .
is correctly determined, . remedy can be sug-
gested Prevention can be had by keeping
horses from grazing in that locality. Preven-
ton is better than cure-in fact, the chances
Of cure are very slight"