Daily Republican., 1885-01-14
the CATTLE PLAGUE,
ENERGETIC mEAsUREs To he
TAKEN Ar OACE-VIEWs OF
An EMINENT SURGEON.

Wplle GOVernOr 5tockloy was IN
town on Tuesday, he had q lengthy
consultation with DIR. Ward b. Row
land, on the pleuro pm eumonia that has
made its appearance in this county, and
afterwards appointed him State yete-
rinary surgeon, with full power to
adopt such measures ~ he may deem
necessary to eradicate the disease in
the shortest time. In con versation with
q reporter, the Governor said that he
had not heard of single case Of pleuro-
pneumonia outside OF this county, and
he thought that even here the reports
were greatly exaggerated.
As this State has been comparatively /
free from the ravages Of this dreaded |
plague, very many are In Ignorance of
its nature, or itS virulent and CON
tagious character, and where one owner |
of stock is found who can detect the
disease In it's incipient stages, the vast |
majority know no little about IL that Il
Is only after q mum ber of cattle, |
possibly the whole herd, are affected
that they realize that the plague isl
upon them. DIR. Ward Is. Rowland isl
N graduate of the American Veterinary
college OF New York, and has thorough
ly studied this disease and knows of
what he speaks. He furnishes the
following interesting ana vaiuaoie
article on the subject, TOT puoiicatlon.
IL should be read ana preserved tor
reference Dy every stock owner IN
W hose hands 1t may come.
contagious pieuro Pheuhonin. iunk
plague, pulmonary murrain." Ibis
IL q contagious and infectious febrile
isease and differs from ordinary
pleuro- pneumonia In many respects,
although the symptoms OF each during
lie are sim liar to great extent. ihe
| hrst can only come from soHe previous
iy'anect.d animal, "hiie 'he iat'ef
may arise spontaheousiy, from such
causes as exposure extreme neat OF
wouhus' Extremes oi TEN pefa.ure Can
not produce courageous PieuIo Pneu'
mona, As II IL prevalent during All
seasons, nor IN u more ihaiiRhaht ae ono
time thsh ahother'
Inc cohtasio"s ger. eNins Y'.' aoooae "
the System ny mems VI 'ho .it pa'satn o.,
anu oecotpss 1n ,'ii'"n,. ~ nas ,'' -. ~
cuoa,'vo vha'on'.s poi'oi NJ. ~
ies rom ono "oeA W wv o.."o ,u','.'.,'
any external symptoms are ueVeIopcu
hiter entetihB tho lunsH, ensoiso'nho, h.,i'
sopn ioiie"s ana hhai'y 'he picuta N,n'
inning hehurahe oi lhe ches. 10 IN
VOWED AS sequei 10 this' una una
uoh anu e.uuationr occul. p'oou 'es
seIs, ar t"oer anu iyh'Pna.isa ".p W
!. ciuued OF stopp'n up an. the t ANN"
u,es ,ioin S"iica.'oh nhu ''.'.,
= ihis uiSoaso 10 oiVen Hnso's on
4 As' ing o"iho''neo '0' ''''''A W %
| weeks
y Tue smyptoms firsi sIarihs Goa
anu paruai ioSs Vi aPpe..,e, e". a"u
sight couen '.oP . a.
ltheh mistaken y, ~, .ne W.
cases 'oss oi Gun, uoi.o~ hon'
Won IN the taii ni" hos. '.,, " y, ,, in
me purse tionhn AZ tno n..oen hn'
oase OF the iaii) necopios iaS,tt I'M
normal, say about CO. Az this time IL q,
ahiilais Will remain iohBoi s,""u.u
thah usnal ana neveiop lapli o'ea.n !,
ing. itpfeSsnreo Oh inc lhumo NAV
oet""eh the tios ON tue "heceeu Siuo VI
m ah hIihal VIII lllhch or rerhaPb stun
some cases VIII not ueNeiop more t't
IN this, as they seem 10 overcome the u u
ease anu apparently frooser, put !,
- cough remains ana PRODUCES tfouo'o
RI spreading the contagi III.
should recovery not occur the ahihi'
at rapidly sinks. Frequent meanings ~
htard they cease dlng ana chewli
end altogether the breathing becom
more rapid and iahored the NAM
h-ave; saliva runa from the mouti
the anima. stands with the elbows ou
IN the hind limbs placed well under I!
IN body and when lying down the bod
rests on the breast bone ; the limbs a
cold or hot at intervals. Finally
t1 exhaustive diarrlPl will follow al
W death soon follows The section Of Il
Sc lung or lungs involved can be dete
mined by placing finger over u
OF chest and tapping the finger with II
ce frat and secord fiugers of the rig
hand. If the lung is healthy a hollo
nd Tor r, sonant sound is heard. Ii disease
IL will give a dull dead sound. Al
.or cultation or breathing will give
,h sound or murmur at all. In the healtl
'i' lung the air as it enters sounds like
be gentle wind flowing over leaves.
The most tnortem in the lungs of ord
us nary pleuro yueumonia, we find Il
he lung yery much discolored and cas-;
IN torn. II il darx and of one solid colo
of The lung in contagious pleurs pne
:, monia differs from this greatly. In II
d. first place IL in localized and very muc
,;e hardened. Lepatized or like liver.
I'D section allows three distinct colors. re-
black and grav bepatization. IL
someti,nas c.lled marbelized. own
r often tn ita eaemblance 10 dark ma
4. HE Retwaen the dark nlaces are liel
streaks of interstitial tissue. shonl
an anima, racoyer this nart of the lu1
nayar clsaraun II bacomes surroun,
Oh hn o,ns,l. or coysrinu n fhro,
t,.sna and antireIv senaratea the al
e,sad trn,o The beal,hv Iunp III
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