Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-03
HORSE DISEASES.
Territorial Veterinarian Holloway Denies
Predicting Much Sickness Next SPRING.

A recent issue of the New Northwest
contains the following letter from DIR.
Holloway:
SR:-ln your last issue you reprint
an item from the Bozeman Chronicle
which am quoted as saying that
the disease winch has been called the
'inknown horse disease is ''epizootic
pleuriiis' aud THAI ! predict general
lIreValeiice of the disease next spring.
mere Is evidently u mist AXE some.
Hwher. or other IN this item. In the
Iirst place, have never said that the
.iisease which some people are pleased
TO call the unknown disease" was
eplzootn pletIrltis; secondly. | have
|nO reason whatever To hink that our
horses wall be visited ia the sprinp
with any greater amount of disease
than might bc ordinarily eypected.
Iand, thirdly, have not seen any
|disease in he Territory SINCE July
August and September of last wear
which was not easily diagnosed. Dur
|lng those months there was i'm several
places OF the Territory outbreak, of
|disea 81 among horses OF an obscene
character. n the request OF the Gov
|ernor OF the Territory and the Board
ol stock Commissioners. made
arrangement Withan eminent Eastern
l'atholocIsi To entitirallV inalire
ITO the cause ui these out breaks hut.
)N the tino such Arrangement. ..re
oml'leied the outbreak had abated
ana SATISFACTORY cases for experiment
could not be found. Careful notes.
post and ante mortem, were made af
the inc hy the hate Dl. Parsons and
myself, aud upon these notes | com
piled lengthy paper which | read
beior" the I. ;. Veterinary Sanitary
convention at Chicago last month.
As Yet have failed to meet a yeteriu-
irian 10 whom the trouble was
ainliIhr. Now, since thr time of
slese oul breaks every di~ea - among
iorseS has been termed the unknown
',seise. 10 the non professional
observer many different diseases an
'ear "n" and the same. bul the ed,,-
atea veterinarian need have no
'iHcaltN whatever IN liiirrentiatinp
'etwetil these out breaks and anXthiup
! illllu AiA = >ii---.----1- n ff0W0VeT-
ia' hotr hol alter he iart hat many
liseiises. well known Ia he veterinary
,roh'ssl"n Tor hundreds of years. hay,.
me- b""h termed "unknoNn I.et
ne Try Ia "A piam hcw absurd this j.
'uriil" li" past lew months I hove
Haiiiihed eases oi ''unknown' horse
iseaseS M the Gallatin valley. AMI
ouhd severe cases Oi infuenza viii,
lore or less of its many forms ana
oiiph'allons. Dn Mzpnh creek ia
us'er county, ! found ihat form of
'nuehla known as epizooticpleuritis.
another part OF tie TERRITORY lfound
re 'llhknown to be hoof disease
rnflincle, and in another place II
irhcd out TO be bad outhreak nj
and 80 | could 20 ON and
ate where had found cases al H.,
tiysls, Pyogenic Fever. AlotonriY
Loco poisoning. Loco can hardly
termed poisonous. II affect. AMI.
az III much ilr same way that the
pi'ihl habit affects pcopleJ. scarlet
eyer ~, fr2otl-in, etc. hu think this
VI ne S"lii'i'hl 10 oon> ey my mean
Ihk'ng mt" consideration the mum
r ol horses in Montana. the .,nns.
q -" winch ihor arr subjected. and
MI care they receive. / consider
u en- a. hraii iiy a. amy in the l-ni1n.
u hiiiIeslt1trnay state that W.
We 10 worse discusses ai4olia our
rsrS d" day Than can H.. fonnJ
alllo>t every state or trrfitory
IN Name to California.
Nuur. truly.
liEEEEiI iipLIpA-lA. \
Territorial Veterinarian