The Portland daily press., 1893-01-07

| which a certain amount ssof tuberculosis
| existed variously estimated by the most
! conservative of the veterinary surgeons
| at from 10 to 25 per cent.
1t may be asked how all these reports,
even if true, affect the State of Maine,
and we answer that if we were to accept 20
per cent. as the maximum amount of tub
erculosis among the mich COWS of Mas
sachusetts Q76,476 head), excluding &c.
799 oxen and other cattle given by the
last census) we would reach the number
of affected mich cows whose products
are being daily offered for sale in their
markets as forty-four thousand one hum
dred and nineteen, as opposed to % head
found affected in Maine the past season
out of a total of 1928, SAB, together with
the much more important fact that the
affected per ntage of
All the Cows from Massachusetts,,
whether registered or unregistered,
brought into Maine within the prescribed
time, have proved by post mortem tests
to be 40 per cent, or over, the present
year proving no exception, as our report
shows that out of SO bovines condemned,
16 were contributed by Massachusetts.
If, on the other hand, it should be
urged that the minimum estimate of 10
per cent. should as fairly be accepted as
the truth, it is very unfortunate for
Massachusetts that all the COWS or bulls
that have been brought into Maine and
New Hampshire for the past years, con-
tinue to show a percentage far above
either estimate by the official annual re-
ports of these two states, both of which
continue to quarantine against Massa-
chusetts.
AS regards CHAMBERS, the unusual num-
Der of cases that have been brought into
the state within the past few years,
would seem to call for some more re-
strictive legislation in regard to them
for not only does the state pay out a.
large amount annually for such diseased
brutes, but they invariably act as a mem
ace to all our native stock with which
they were brought in contact.
In 1891, we called especial attention to
these cases. together with the prominent
symptoms Of the disease, and we strong
ly advise purchasers to have all foreign
bred' horses examined before purchas-
ing by some person familiar with the
pathology of the disease. Several horses
were brought into Maine last season that
had been bought in answer to such
"Shyster Advertisements
as are constantly appearing in the col
umns of the Boston papers, although we
have been able to trace but one such
case the present season. 1t would hard
ly seem possible that we need to further
enlighten the most verdant citizen of our
state as to the bogus advertisements of
the ''bereaved widows and orphans of
Boston and vicinity.
1t will be noticed that out of GO stables
and Lumbar camps inspected during 1892,
but % of them proved to contain cases
of CHAMBERS, thus proving that 40 of
these notices were false alarms, even
after corresponding with the parties Civ
ing such notices, in every case, and we
would impress upon such parties in the
future, that while we regard the prompt
disposal of cases of CHAMBERS as always
important, we wish to avoid the impress
sion that seems to exist tina all horses
having profuse discharge from one or
both nostrils, are necessarily cases of
CHAMBERS, as catarrh is very common
among coarse bred horses and always
difficult to remove.
The commissioners reprint the symp-
toms of CHAMBERS and farcy for the bene-
fit of all having suspects to deal with. Il
Energetic inspection of all stables, in
places where CHAMBERS or farcy is known
to exist, should be carried out, and the
law strictly enforced. in order that there
may not be the slightest possibility of
such repulsive and intractable malady
being conveyed to the human subject,
either by contagion from the live
animal, or by ingestion of it's flesh.
THOMAS DAGGETT, Pres,
f. o. BEAL, Treas,
GEORGE Fl. BAILEY, D. VS.,
State Veterinary Surgeon.