The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-08
CONTAGIOUS PLEURO- PNEUMONIA.

Editor ef TIE Cecil Wing:
ing many accounts of the prevalence of a
disease affecting the cattle Of this conn
try known as Contagious Neur0-P neunto-
MA, and for the suppression of which
Congress has just passed a law. AS it
might prove interesting, I thought |
would give your readers a description o.
the disease, As it is Il subject thar should
engage the attention of every citizen aud
statesman of this country.
WHAT Is CONTAGIOUS rLEURo-rNEUNo-
1t is highly conta yious malady pecu-
liar to the OK tribe, affecting them only
by contagion aud having no preference
for the breed or age of the animal. OF the
nature of its SUR, uaiingS. That it is
propagated only by contagipn has been
proved beyond doubt. by the expert
ments in 1851 in France. made by Mcssrs.
Renault, Delafond and Jouet. and by
many others since that time, and by those
Experimental station of the d. partment
It Agriculture at Washington. The dis
ease is recognized by its long period of
Incubation, Orom ten days to three
months) by a slow low type of fever; the
temperature at the commencement rang
ing from 101 | J +. to l03 } F Che
normal temperature OF cattle varies from
100 / ) F. to 10l - F.. according to
their surroundings accompanied by an
exudatiun into the lungs, pleural. &c.
HISTORY or THE DISEASE.
Like the case Of all genuine plaques Of
cattle, we know bat little .! the ori2 inal
source OF the p!eur" pneumonia c"nta- |
gion. We only know of the disease as it |
is introduced into ii herd by an animal |
with the disease, or by some "f its pro-
duets. In tie D!d World a. III this crun-
try. the rnalady cA.: ever tie traced to the !
aggregation oi cattle i'll large ht r4s made |
up of cattle from different counties, in |!
such places a> iaiis aEd st"cEy ards; as
we'll as in c"n>e,aucrs usu! l,r trans
porting large numbers # cattle, as ears |
steamships e:c. Many people say this !
is a new disease; on the contrary it is a |
very OLD one. for OF looking up its his DRY
We find that three hludred aud fifty years i
before Christ, Al istntie SAYS: The cat |
tie which live in herds ATE >uriect To IA /
malaiy. dnrin. which no u!"hthlrG hc- !
comes h"I and frequent; the ears 'tIr"p;
they cannot eat; they di; rapidly, and |
after death the lungs are !onnd sp'iled.'
In his account can be seen the facts that
only cattle are affected; that cattle in |
large numbers suiter the most, and that !
the disease had it's origin in the lungS, |
all pointing toward the pr"bIbic exist !
encs of the disease at that remote epoch. /
SO, might quote from the writings of
Noltaire and many others, trcm that time !
to the present, OF the prevalence of this
disease in different parts ni the world.
But we will not stop to consider the ex-
peIiences Of those countries which have
suffered from outbreaks of this disease,
but will cunline ourselves 10 our own ex-
perience with it, from the time it first
came among us to the present.
CONTAGIOUS pLEURO- INEUioNiA
was fiji st introduced Gas far as is known
into this country in the year 1913, by
ship cow sold to Il dairymau III Arooklin.
by captain Of an English vessel. This
COW was put among ether c"ttle. and
from this herd the whole west end of
Long Island was speedily infected.
The next outbreak occurred in Massa-
chusetts in 1850, by the importation OF
four Dutch cattle with the germs of the
disease in their bodies. These cattle
were imported from Rotterdam, Holland,
Can infected city, and we're la.ded at
Boston. Three of these cows died soon
after their arrival, but the contagian had
spread among the herd. Unfortunately
the owner had sold three calves from
among the herd, which were taken to al
other county. Thus the disease spread
from these two herds among the cattle
of the ncighborius counties, until its
ravages became SD great as to ncc& ssitate
the aid of the government u externlinate
it. Before this plague was cfl'ectually
removed the cost to the state WIS very
near 500 900 Since then outbreaks have
occurred! in the states of New ork, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania. Maryland and Con-
necticut. So the disease mas existed from
that time to the present. extending, when
ever opportunity Afforded itself, Into the
Atlantic seaboard states. Several of these
states have tried to extirpate the disease
from among them; while some have par
TALLY succeeded, others still have its
ravages to contend with. Unlike ssme
of the animal plaques, this disease can
be exterminatsd, but not without much
cost and very efficient inspection and
Accordin. to this history,we have SUI
fere from this disease, on account of it