The Mineral argus., 1884-09-11

ne Cattle Dissase-Iatsrssting Interview
Wftn Prot Stalker on the Cattle Diseazs
~ lie Mars.
De- Moines special. Prof n Stalker, state
-rsts-inarinn, was found in The city the other
8sr. and was Immediately eoralled FOR ar eE-
irlanahoa q the cattle disease outbreak at lie
MErs:
Hound be said, 'fhat q larse number Of
cattle had died; that in almost every case the
attack was fatal In company with the resi-
dent ply sicizns. Al once set about ascertain
ing the cause. We made thorough clinical eK-
animation. followed by post mOrtem found
the disease was trus Texas fever The next
Sep was % ascertain te source Of infection
! Inquiry disclosed the fact that nearly al the
szsas were those Of town cows, which
were driven every morning 70 q Ger
-zn range 70 feed through the day,
and were returned At night Knowing that
the disease coma only be communicated IL
one WzE, further inquiry showed that nearly
Two months ago a herd Of cattle from abroad
vas fed on the rs-fgs several days EKamina-
non Of the records a. the office Of the railroad
company showed that several cars Of cattle
shipped from the southern part Of Mississippi
were unlOaded az L. MARI and fed several dave,
when they were reloaded and sent 10 DakOtA
Prom the date o. their feeding on this range 20
The time Of the outbreak Of the disease among
@aNH9 49, -+NI q
have found j. the incCbaf0n period Of this dis
ease How much further south those cattle
came from Icaun0t trace; but they were evi-
IDENTITY Southwestern cattle
We're any Of them sick; or did any Of them
dee
No; il Is a singular fat that such cattle
N fact all these Texas catfle-are apparently
- perfect health This particular herd were
~, sleek and ia prime order for the uutcher.
Their meat j.. IN fact wholesome and health
-UA hey ara mEEaw EnnE aud Ia - rmr~mwH
the disease by contact The disease Is moi in
lecnOus. but IN q certain selse il j. contagious.
They carly the disease in their body. in their
spleen ana Edneys- Prom the focal and uri-
nzrF discharges, on the ground where they feed.
i Transmitted the disease 70 Northern or
native, or unacclimated cattle. % use that term
70 expires ny idea The virtue ends with q
single transmission Northern or native cal
ne attacked with the disease viii not transmit
i 70 the other cattle By contact Sick and well
cattle may be sIable1 together with no danger
herd Of other So1thern cattle might have
been driven on that same range and they would
not have been Affected az all The people there
were disposed 20 dlscredit nv statement Of
this anamolous condition and nature of the
disease. To satisfy them one Of those Southern
attic was found He was In splendid con-
huOn Arrangements were made for dispos-
inS OF his carcass 70 a butcher, and in
ne presence or the local physicians
md health authorities. he was killed
md a pos; norton examination made. BEFORE
commencing, l described infinitely what 1 ex-
lected tOnnd The examination verified nv
precisely. The spleen was quadruple
usuaI size and other organs were in the
condition found in al these Texas cattle It is
effect OF the climate in which thew live and
be water and food they GET
Is There no cure for II among native cat
l have found medication ofHttle or no avail
Il uniformly fatal One CT two frOsrs seems
D destroy the virus on ground where these
attic have fed
How about that herd sent out TO Dakota.
III they not cause The same results they did
fere."
1T is not improbable: still going so far
orth they may become changed in physical
Dndiuons SO that the virus they leave behind
lay lose its destructive force. However.
ouId not be surprised to hear Of trouble from
lat section
What have you determined as TO the csuse
the recent mortality among horses in Pot
.w3t:Suio county {.
Il have not yet arrived at a satisfactory con-
uslon- After a very careful clinical xamiua-
on l decided the fatality was the result ~ some
~'xicant; that the animals we're All affecte5 ,
Ike, and that they all had been feeding in a
.rtain locality on bottom Ind / spent several I
Us searching the locality where they grazel
Z some known poisonous weed, being salts {
"a that the trouble came from something I
ten. l could find nothing To which 10 atfrio9 p,
iIe IL put L dld lind a weed growing quite I
xuriantly which belongs to the family Of a :
poisonous weed and Of which the I
rises there eat quite freely and seem TO :
II I gathered a quantity Of it. found I
me horses IN other sections, or on the h
lleSe farm would not eat ii. or even r
ste II, so l could not test its effects. =
therefore, the taste and liking of il is 4
CURED Ike that for tobacco or opiates bv a
IN 1t begins with frequent nibbling of j. / 4
all further test II, as have a useless horse II
my mhrmary TO which 1 propose to give a h
coctlon OF that weed So soon as the nature n
correctly determined, a remedy can be sug- h.
sted- Prevention can be had by keeping y
rses from grazing in that locality. Proven E,
a u better than cure-in fact, the chances II
cure are very slight" "