The morning call., 1892-03-11
A DREADED DISEASE.
chambers Becoming More Preya.
lent in This State.
veterinary Buzard Says He Has DESTROYED
Ioo Horses Suffering Therefrom in the
Past Two and a Half Years.

Inc statement that the dreaded disease
oi CHAMBERS is on the increase IN many
counties OF this State is causing general
alarm, not only among horse-breeders but
among the Inhabitants of the agricultural
districts generally
Inc veterinary surgeon who has for the
past two and half years been the expert
appointed by the State University and the
supervisors Of the counties of Monterey,
contra Costa, Lake, Siskiyou, Alameda,
Gan Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara, to
specially Inspect horses and cattle. with the
OBJECT OF discovering aud eradicating the
oisease, is A. L. Buzard, and this gentle
man was interviewed by CALL reporter
a' MS residence, on Broderick street, yester-
day afternoon.
III is all very WE'LL" said he, "for the
breeders and dealers to pooh-pooh the exist
9 rice OF CHAMBERS TO any extent in this State.
ihat Is their business to do so. This awful
uisease, say. is very prevalent, and if auy-
thlng on the increase. Contrary to what
many many people say and think. 1t is not con-
taglous disease, but. like syphilis. can only
De acquired by incubation. save in rare
instances. l believe, certainly, that the
uisease can be originated-by foul stables,
Dad 1000, Impure water and neglected ven-
uiation; but still
As A GENERAL RULE
me virus must be communicated directly
INTO the blood. Especially badly affected
are the counties of Santa Barbara, Monte
rey ana Contra Costa. To show you how
prevalent II ls, l have killed over $50 horses,
condemned for having the disease, during
Tue past TWO years and a half in the dis tric.s
named, and twenty-five of these horses I
nave destroyed this year alone. This is a
large quantity for the area covered. II a
human being Is so unfortunate as to get in
oculated with the virus of this dread dis
ofdef IL means certain death sooner or later,
LOT IL is absolutely incurab,e. During the
past Twelve months to my certain knOwl-
cage hYe persons have died of it--one in
Soiedad, one in Santa Cruz, two in San
Bernardino County and one in Santa
fneZ, and | have heard of several
olher cases also. Many horsemen refuse
10 pelleve their horses are affected with
CHAMBERS, AMI have stated that l did not
know the disease when | saw it, My
tweniy-toHr years experience, three years
and ten months of which l acted as senior
veterinary surgeon in the United States
army, sufiices TO contradict this. There is
only one form of CHAMBERS durable and that
IS called farcy; but If you inocuate a
healthy horse with the farcy virus ne is
Just as likely TO be afflicted with the genuine
CHAMBERS. The spread of the disease is
VERY SERIOUS QUESTION
For not only horse breeders but also the
human ldCc, anu every county SHOULD 1Ortfl-
with employ qualified veterinary inspector
TO eradicate the disease. There is only one
remedy for ganderous horse and that is a
bullet | leave for StanslauS County on
Sunday. having been especially sent for by
the Supervisors up there; bat / cannot be
everyw here. aud the sooner the county au-
thoritles take up the question the better"
henry Pierce, the we'll known breeder Of
Santa Rosa. was seen on the subject. and he
said: Il take the utmost care aud precau-
ton before | allow strange horse 10 60
upon my place. Firstly, if L am buying |
make sure the horse is not suffering from
CHAMBERS; secondly, even then / quarantine
every strange horse on my middle ranch
Tor about forty days before l turn him
among the Others and If any symptoms of
disease appear summon my veterinary ="
q. Nalensin. e. Tompkins. ID. j. McCarty
and +. III. Burke also stated that they
adopted methods of precaution similar to
those taken hy Mr.. Pierce None of these
gentlemen have had or even seen case of
CHAMBERS for years. and are of opinion that
no weil-recUlated breeding establishment
can be affected by the disorder. Dirt and
neglect are the aggravating causes Of the
awful malaiy.