The Red Cloud chief., 1886-03-19
VETERINARY.
The Alarming Prevalence Of CLAN
ders In Our Western States--Na-
sal 0leet.--F aroY and Chambers.

At recent meeting of the Illinois
live stock commissioners CHAMBERS were
reported to be prevailing to an alarm
ing extent in many different counties
Of the State. The State Veterinarian of
Iowa, who was present at the meeting
reported that his state was no better
of. The weekly Inter Ocean has a good
opportunity to know that CHAMBERS is
prevailing to an alarming extent in
many of our Western States and
territories, as we'll as IN the states of
Illinois and Iowa. This paper which
has the largest circulation of any
weekly in the west, is daily in receipt
of mnumerable letters which come to
the Office for the veterinary depart.
ment from all parts of the Western
States seeking advice for the sick and
disabled animals, and many of the
letters received give a description of
symptoms peculiar to CHAMBERS. Indeed
two of the letters which we publish in
this issue are on that subject. We
simply state these facts in the interest
OF our numerous subscribers to warn
them Of the increasing danger of this
much to be dreaded malady and the
importance of reporting all such sus-
plciOus cases to the proper authorities
at once as the only true way to stamp
out the disease.
=. c., Superior, Neb., says: | have a
6 year old mare that last fall had.&SSsT
l called the Sists. She broke
fine jaw and run at the nose.
She has broken five or six times, runs
at the nose all the time, and is in fine
condition.
From the history of the above case
We think it probable that the patient
was primarily attacked with what is
known as ~strangles (nOse distemperl,
but it il also stated that As a sequel to
the distemper which occurred five or
six months ago the patient is affected
with a chronic discharge from the
nose. This fact is to say the least,
very suspicious. We cannot encour-
age the treatment of subjects affected
with symptoms which are at all similar
to CHAMBERS. This policy may per-
haps at first thought appear hardly
consistent with the rights of u sub
scribers, but in view of the the re-
markable prevalence of this disease,
and the danger of its being commui-
Gated to men, as well as other animals,
our course is jussifiable. Too much
caution cannot be exercised in d. aling
with such cases, Or too much can not
be said to warn innocent people Of the
great danger to be apprehended from
tampering with diseased horses, es-
pecially if they are affected with ma
lignant and incurable malady which
the ewher is led to believe is nothing
but a "nistemper," nasal gleet" or
some other disease he is led to believe
is not contagious.
7. NJ. s., Cambridge, Neb: have a
6 year old horse that broke out in
sores on head, breast, and belly. l ap-
piled lard and sulphur and gave salt
peter. The sores dried up. Soon
after the horse commenced discharg-
ing q very offensive matter from the
right nostril. He has been discharging
now for oyer three months and it does
not appear to affect his strength or
appetite.
We do not think there is the slight
est doubt that the patient is affected
with the glanders, which appears to
haye occurred as a sequel to an attack
Of faicy. The fact that the strength or
appetite of the subject does not appear
to be affected must not be considered
a evidence in favor OF his not being
affected with CHAMBERS. 1t is a well
known fact that q horse may be affect
ed with chronic glanders Of a malig-
nant type and at the same time msy
have every indication of health. This
is one of the remarkable and danger
Gus pe~culiarities OF this disease. 1t is
sometimes 90 insiduous and obscure
and 50 liable to be mistaken for other
diseases by men Who are not convers-
ant with the distinguishing symptoms
that the only prudent course 70 adopt
10 70 isolete oil supicious caees and all
in the aid Of some reliable veterinarian
i-QnooS6 Inter 06t0M