Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-08-20
CATTLE DISEASE.
DR.. Paul Paquin on the Prevalent
Distemper.
TIE SICKNESS APPEARED LAST YEAR.
A Ne" Disehse and Not Largely FataI-The
Precautions Necessary in Handling At
fected AuImaIs-Further Infor-
nation Wanted.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Aug. 1.-THE
stock raisers of Missouri and neighbor-
ing states are very much exercised over
the appearance of new disease among
cattle Last year it was first noticed,
but did not become at all prevalent Let
ters Of inquiry regarding it have been
pouring into the Office of the state vet
erlnarian. and the executive committee
OF the state board of agriculture has
authorized the publication of a circu-
lar descriptive of the disease and the
method of treatment Followingi is the
circular:
The disease referred to now prevails
among cattle in several counties as IL did
last year and Is doubtless due to some par
asitic vegetation, possibly microbes or
lnngi which cevelOp at this season and in
thls temperature The symptoms are as
follows: The cattle appear gaunt and
gaunter day after day for want of food
II examined the nose may be found hot
ory ana sometimes wine color in patches
the tongue swells. Blisters appear on the
inside and on the margin of the lips which
become more or less raw and bleed easily.
Inc PAD upper jaw gum corresponding to
the front teeth OF lower jaw also presents
biisters which soon break, form a thick.
yelowish, cracked, soft crust. Sometimes
NHS SOhFht - DlOLCucQ OF DllSrereQ. but
rarely. There is much droolng of stringy
watery matter from the mouth, and the
odor Is anything but agreeabIe-often very
fetid indeed. Those yellowish crusts slough
out after a few days and leave raw surfaces
or sores. There Is rarely a smacking of the
lips. in few cases complications arise by
which gangrene [rOtting in fact of the gums
extends to the jaw bones or teeth, and =
few instances the teeth become i
even drop of ii
Most cases become lam anu
I.G.Inls se,I.e IesioIs O[e % and stiff from the
tpi,-." W -.ig in the feet Cthe cleft
crust md CONSEQUENT -os,,itI 5..aI aIso
> ana even raw sOres) occur on the nd
uer- In three or four cases these apneared
on the neck, the belly, the back and about
.ne root OF the tail UncOmmonIy there is
diarrhna The malady runs its usual course
N an average of about eight days The
shortest course have noticed was five and
the longest eleven. There are irreouIar or
complicated cases which last much longer
FeFer more or less intense keeps m most
OF the time. The type is very mild death
one in two hundred.
TREATMENT
Flrst-Separate al the sick and suspfcious 1
from the healthy stock, leaving. the former
Nhere the disease began and putting the /
healthy IN new pasture or lot,
secondTWash the mouth twice n dav with
a solution of ,boraS or alum or both com
bsned l. G., a wash composed Of say a table.
spoonful or. more of pulverized borax ana
alum to pint of water
Third-Wateh very closely the healthy
STOCK and separate every new case as paunf |
ness appears, or any suspicious svmDtom
may present itself, such as Iameness stiff
ness, dullness dry nose, difficulty fn taking
food, etc, etc
Fourth-PersOns attending to such dis.
RQgRn eF.s |
places occupied by healthy stock. whether
on their own property or at their neighborst.
All VINO have healthy stock should abstaF,, /
from visiting diseased stock. ,
fIth-Buckets and other articles used for
diseased stock should not begssrd for ap,,
thing else unless washed and scaIded.
sixth-StOck from infected herds sbon15
NOT 90 shipped to market or moved frop; the !
nfected grounds and none should be allowed
Dn highways.
seyenth-It is prudent to keep sheen and
perhaps swine away from the infected
'kighth-PersOns with sore or channel 7
hands should handle disease carefully and
Fash clean after dressing cases
Il viii pay to follow strictly all these e
measures oil pEecaution. Some of them I
nay appear unnecessary, but they are all | q
,ased on rational hygienic principles thai :,
nouio not be transgressed- In bad or com ] -
'iieafed cases in which the feet are MP 7
uocted n OailV S2ch Win copperas N 7
ion viii he "A great assistance soiu-
.~ao lips and tongue usualp-
ore that the cattle can ne. = become so |
his is what causes spc' nick anv food
= falling in flesh a. , extreme ganntness
dy, When des'' cbaracterizes the mai.
lteFRal lesic occnrs If il rtreIy dnc
= 80" ms, but seems caused chic m
'saf Al duriaE the fever. To ave .rbv
$ feed the stock gTeS, and r I'D sueb
I'm into the mouth direc' .osb ears Of
grinders, when the ! alter ~ under the
eat them. 3 viii chew ana
1t Is not contagious
last year we failed In our Investigations
by incubation to transmit the disease
is certain, II Jr otherw Use. But this much
Tho nv an epidemic affection.
ing II lnber of letters received concern
or Us disease precludes the posi- sibilIty of
4cial visits to ALL so it is urged that stock
owners follow the instructions given here,
and quarantine their own diseased stock for
sake OF better care and attention; they will
nnd il profitable to them and the country.
Any citizen having this affection among
his herd will kindly report TO this Office at
once, giving township, county, nature of
this disease, number of cases. number of
deaths, and stating IL any other animals
than cattle take the disease
PAUL PAQUIN,
Missouri State Veterinarian,
State Veterinarians office, Columbia, Mo.
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