Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-08-21
A New Cattle Disease.
OFFICE STATE BOARD OF AuRl- |
CULTURE, Columbia, Aug l5. I

cattle of this and neighborlng
states which seems to be new in
character to veterinary science,
and the irnpossibillty of answer
ing all the letters of inquiry ,e-
gardlng it that are received, the
Executive Committee of the Board
of Agriculture authorizes the pub
licaAon OF the following circular
prepared by DR.. Paul Paquin,
State Veterinarian, descriptive of
the disease and giving methods of
treatment. LEVI CHUBBUoK.
olRcUTAB.
The disease referred to now
prevails among cattle in several
counties as it did last year and is
doubtless due to some PARASITIC
yegetetion, possibly microbes or
fungi which develop at this season
and in this temperature. The
symptoms are as follows:
The cattle appear gaunt and
gaunter day after day for want Of
food. If examined the nose may
be found hot, dry and sometimes
wine color in patches; the tongue
swells, blisters appear on the in
side and on the margin Of the lip
which becomes more or less raw
and bleeds easily. The pad upper
Jaw gum corresponding to the
front teeth or lower jaw also pre-
sents blisters which soon break,
form p thick, yellowish. cracked
soft crust. Sometimes the tongue
is blotched or blistered, but rare
lily. There is much drooling OF
stringy watery matter from the
mouth, and the odor is anything
but agreeable-ofte very fetid in
deed. Those yellowish crusts
sloughs ont after few days and
leaves raw surfaces or sores.
There is rarely smacking OF the
lips.
In few cases complications
arise by which gengrene (rottlng
in fsct) of the gums extend to the
jaw bones or teeth, and in 2 few
instances the teeth become loose
and even drop out.
Mos: Of cases become lame and
stiff from the same LESSONS break
ing the feet (the cleft particularly.
Occasionally, but rarely, also bis
ters and consequent results (scabs
crusts and even raw sores) occur
on the udder. In three or four
cascs theee appear Oh the neck,
the belly, the back and about the
roots of the tail. Uncommonly
there is diarrhea The mslady
runs it's regular course III an aver
age of about eight days. The
shortest course | have noticed
was five and the longest eleven.
There are irregular or complicated
cases which last much longer.
Fever more or less intense keeps
up most of the time. The type is
very mild, death rate being, SO far
ss | can learn, less tLar oile III
two hundred
PREVENTIVE IND CURATIVE TREAT
MENT.
| l. Separate all the sick and sus-
picious from the healthy stock,
leaving the former where this dis
ease began and putting the
healthy in new pasture OF lot
2. Wash the mouth twice day
with solution OF borax OF alum
or both combined, i. e., wash
composed of, say table spoonful
or more of pulverlzed borsx and
alum to a pint of water.
3. Watch very closely the
healthy stock and separate every
new case as gauntness appears, OF
any suspicious symptoms may
present itself, such as lameness
stiffness, dullness, dry nose, diff.
Guilty in taking food, etc.
4. Persons attending to such
, diseased stock should not visit
pastures Or places occupied by
healthy stock whether on their OWL
property or at their neighbors
All who have healthy stock should
abstain from visiting diseased
stock.
5. Buckets and other articles
used for diseased stock should not
!, be used for anything else until
washed and scalded.
6. Stock from infected herds
should not be shipped to market
J or moved from the infected
grounds and none should be allow
: ed on highways.
7. 1t is prudent to keep sheep
and perhaps swine away from the
infected herds.
! s. Persons with sore or chapped
hands should handle disease care
fully and wash clean after dress
ing cases.
1t will pay to follow strictly all
these measures of precaution. Some
of them may appear unnecessary
but they are all based on rational
hygienic principles that should
not be transgressed. In bad or
complicated cases in which the
feet are much affected daily
wash with q acopperaE solution will
he of great assistance.