The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-08
DR.. soloonB's REfesr.
fhs Late Outbrsak Of spanish Fever ON
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State Veterinarian, has made the following
report to Governor Click upon the cattle
disease that recently appeared In cattle
shipped from Kansas City, and created SO
mnch excitement among cattlemen. and
others:
KANSAS STATE vETERINARIAN's OFFICE,
.Eau -tl Topeka, KAs., July 81, 1884. !
To His Excellency. the Governor OF Kansas:
SIR:-I have the honor to report that in re-
spouse to your telegram OF the 18th inst,
which reached me atOttawa. Franklin County.
proceeded at once to Manhattan, Riley
County, where arrived on the morning Of
the 3Oth inst. An investigation revealed the
following facts: Major MA. Adams purchased
in the Kansas City stock yards on the 10Th
Inst. two hundred and twenty grade steers,
which had arrived that morning from Cald-
well, Kas. On the evening of the san day
they were loaded and started for Manhattan
over the Union Pacifc Railroad. Just after
they were weighed in the yards the purchaser
noticed that one of the best steers seemed dis
tressed and unsteady in his gait. Calling at
tentiOn to the fact the condition of the
animal was explained on the GROUND
that he had drank e to excess of
water: but when the bunch was shipped this
one was left behind, and, as he afterwards
learned. he was the first to die. when the
number of the cattle in one car were piled on
top of each other. and that some were badly
injured and in danger of being killed. 40
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three of the seriously injured were unloaded.
The remaining car loads were taken on to
Manhattan, where they arrived on Sunday.
On Monday all but six of those which had been
left in Topeka were forwarded to their destin-
THE REMAINING Six DIED.
During a portion of Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday deaths were quite frequent, and the
"Wednesday morning found the entire herd,
which reached Manhattan, held In quarantine
by the Sheriff in the Stock Yards the sdjoin-
ing commons and in field of full grown corn,
all situated west of and adjoining the town.
In the yards were seven which had died
during the night, two that were too I'LL to stand
ing weak. The dead were being dragged away
TO the river bank, where they were buried in
holes dug eight feet deep in the sand and COW
cred with quick lime and soil. Between thirty
and forty were, crumbling to ashes in pit
where they had been burning for many hours.
In the adjoining commons was one very sick
steer and the carcass OF one which had died
during the night. In the cornfield were the
remainder of the lot purchased. OF these one
was dead, one was quite i'll and the IT st were
in different parts Of the enclosure feeding. An
examination Of the yards showed that the the
and covered more or less with mu-
Gus streaked with blood. Those which
a rule having loose, thinnish passage from the
bowels, a condition no doubt to be attributed
to the green corn they had fed upon, and the
medicine with which they had been drenched.
The temperature of the two most i'll which
were confined in the yards was respectively
10s degrees Fahrenheit and 102 is degrees
Fahrenheit, while the temperature of the one
which had been sick for a short time stood at
EQhrenhaif living
down were upon the broad side, with the head
extended. the eyes staring and CLASSY, and un-
conscious to the HES which swarmed around.
Occasionally the muscles of the extremities
would witch, the chin be drawn down toward
tine chest, the legs doubled up beneath the
body, and the patient would moan as though
in great pain. Frequent strainings as If to
void some faces were as rule, productive
only of protrusiOn of the rectum, accom-
panied sometimes with the passage of a little
mucus. Sensation on the sur
face was lost, for the animal would not re-
spOnd to the
PRICK OF KNIFE BLADE.
When the disease is first seen to attack an
animal he appears tired and walks with an
unsteady gait. The head drOOps, the ears
lop down, the hind legs are scarcely lifted
from the ground, the patient cares not to
move but is left behind the herd, and soon
seeks place to lie down. If he is standing
the back is arched, the hind legs straddle
apart and carried forward beneath the body,
the fetiocks are partly fexed, the muscles of
the flank tremble, the belly becomes tucked
up and the head hangs very low. In the
earlier stages of the disease when excited
they may chase the attendants for distance,
but as rule they prefer to remain quiet and
often stand with the head pressed hard
against fence or other immovable object,
while the body is swayed back and forth. The
pulse increases in the rapidity of its beats
while the breathing is fast and irregular and
stance was nearly black. and passed in small
quantities. The opportunity did not offer to
take the temperature of the healthy animals
and those first showingsigns OF the disease, but
as has been seen above, the temperature of
those about to die was nearly nOrmal-1O2
degrees One steer, which was first seen to
be sick on the morning of the 3Oth, at seven
O'Clock p: m, showed temperature of l4
degrees +. He was unconscious to all sur
roundings, breathing with rapid respiratiOns,
the pulse scarcely perceptibe and death. evil
IDENTIFY rapidly approaching. With the con-
sent of the owner he was knocked on the head
and post mOrtem examination made at
once. The left carotid artery was laid bare,
and an attempt made to fill some capillary
glass tubes, which had been Theoretically
sealed and heated red hot. but the blood
coagulated SO rapidly that they would not
fill. The abdomen was then opened, showing
theta rat IN all parts t n with 81
every direction. and twelve hours after re-
moval weighed four pounds and ten ounces.
1t was softened and filled with very dark
colOred blood. -. . a. a.T. ..m. o 4t
THE LIVER WAS contested,
and larger than normal, but was not weighed.
The gall bladder was tainted with 4 dark
brown viscid bile. Both kidneys were nearly
black in color and filed with blood. The
bladder was about half filled with very dark,
sticky urine. The small intestines were con.
gested throughout, and when washed showed
that some of the smaller blood vessels had
been ruptured. The large bowels were con-
gested in patches, and the lining membrane
here was very red. In the fourth stomach
were found marked congestion and some
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ten cent silver piece. The many ply was filled
with green corn stalks. grass ETC., in q natural
condition. The r,lmen, or paunch was partly
filled with food. and seemed entirely healthy.
The meat was very dark brown in color, less
firm than in health. and possessed of the pecu-
liar odOr SO. often noticed in this dis
ease: The heart: lungs and me nervous
igin of the outbreak. at what time and
in what place these animals became afflicted
with the germs of the fever are not known to
me, but If the information l have received
bearing on this point is correct, they must
have come in contact with the poison before
they were shipped from Caldwell. for am
told that they went direct from the point OF
loading to Kansas City. and that they were in
the yards there less than twenty-four hours
and that the cattle began to die with the
disease in less than forty-eight hours after ar
IN ih n City II n
less than seven days as rule. then these cat
tie were not afflicted after leaving Caldwell,
but were diseased at that time. FHt
DR.. HolcOmb then expresses the opinion
that the bunch of diseased cattle were all
native" or graded" cattle, and were in
capable of transmitting the disease to other
natives, it appearing that the disease, to be-
some malignant, must come from Texas OF
wild" cattle. sst a'
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