The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-10-07
The Cattle Diseas,e.

assistant eterinary surgeon for Mon
tana territory, returned late last night
from their trip into Oliver county, where
they had been to inspect the herd Of cat.
tie reported to be infected with pleuro.
pneumonia. Dr.. Coe was seen this:
morning BY Pioneer reporter. The.
Doctor was asked how he found the cat
tie. He said: NJ.
81 = Twenty or thirty Of the cattle are
sick and two or three Of them look az
tho though they would soon die. There
have been no deaths during the past few
days We made q postrmortem exami-i
nation Of several Of the cattle and had
some sick cattle killed. 4 "a
What was the matter with them?,n' $i
Well, Dir. Halloway says that if ton Of
fifteen government veterinary experts
cannot tell what pleuro- pneumonia isin.
Chicago, he does not propose, right off,
on!frst sight, to diagnose pleuro opneu-
!mo1ia in Dakota. It Is because of the
uncertainty in the case that We are e,
going up again to-day. With pleuro-
pneumonia and Texas fever. In Chicago
any cattle shipped from there to Dakota
that develop sickness Of any kind, nat
urally are the source Of considerable
alarm to all who are Interested in the
cattle business. It has been feared that;
the disease with. which these cattle are
affected is plenro- pneumonia. It.. may
turn out that the people have been
unnecessarily alarmed. One remarka-
BILE feature Of the disease, and ons
which rather indicates that it is not
plenro pneumonia is that a. number of
those that have been quite sick appear
to be getting better. These cattle were
not very. strong when they were shipped
from Chicago. They we're driven
through q section Of country where ttoy
had a good deal Of alkali water, and
this may at least in part account for;
their sickness. DR.. HalloWay and my.
self expect to return north totIay and
examine the cattle again and make
some more autOpsleS. s;SE 8
aDid the cattle when being driven
from Mandan come In contact with any
other cattIe? r.
Z Only q few head belonging to two.
farmers, were a short distance from this
herd as they. were being driven north.
These cattle haYe been either tied up up In In
barns OF are in pastures. All the; cattle
in the country along there are kept up up
very carefully The nearest cattle "a
the infected band are, ight miles away. 4
aHaye any other cattle been sick
besides this hero.
81 81
What are the cattlemen doing about
the, matter Z, Il,
The Marquis de Mores and Mi. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, who are members Of the
executive committee Of the Montana
stockmsn's 8 association, while not beliey-
ing that this is plenro pneumonia are
taking active steps 80 that In case it
shsuld prove to be anything serious, the
disease will go no further. 4 II We should
report 1t to be contagious, they stand
ready. il no other provision Is made, to
pay for these cattle and have them
slang Uttered. Fred Willard. cattle In
spect0r Of Montana, will be- down to- day
with some herders and their horses, who
will go north and assist Id maintaining
the quarantine. While they do 4 not
know what the disease To-, they regard it
Ias being too imports ant q matter to take
any chances. and therefore they have
taken these extra precautions. We
lshail deputise them and give them full
Eanthority to act the same rs our own
idsputf tfes.
~ low 90 the people up north regard
the matter Y.s,
They are all willing to assist IN every
way and are taking every precaationi to
lpreySnt the spread of the disease.
Ihaye received : good many telegrains
3during the last few days from the state
boarsis of healthof Illinois and Minns-
lsota and from stock ckmea M Ehicago In
Iq1iring about the matter 7. alandan
Pioneer.