The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-31

to localities already infected if the dead
carcuses are properly disposed of and
other necessary sanitary precautions
! taken.
! The first animal affected, will, in all
| probability, not be noticed until it is lame.
The limb will be swollen about the hook
and knee: the swelling will be hot and
painful, and may be mistaken in the first
case for an injury. The temperature will
be high, rumination suppressed, animal
dsll, and listless, pulse rapid and feeble
runs as high as 12o-mouth dry and hot,
bowels unusually constipated, urine stanty
I aud coffee-colored, animal will lie down,
circulation is affected, quarter congested
and modification set in. Death is prece-
ded by increased weakness and usually
occurs in thirty hours to three days.
The swellings Or tumors may be located
on the breast, neck, shoulder, thigh, rump
or flank, but naver extend below the knee
hook. 1t spreads very rapidly both in
extent and depth, and upon pressure pro-
duces a peculiar cracking sound, due to
gas that forms as the germs multiply. If
the tumor is incised frothy dark red
fluid is discharged succeeded by citron-
colored serosity.
The difference in these engagements
and the tumors of anthrax are: Gas does
not form in anthrax, nor does the enlarge
ment increase in size as rapidly. Tho
blood in anthrax is tarry. and coagulatos
feebly. Spleen is enlarged, whilo in black
leg the spleen is unchanged and the blood
readily eoaguable. Anthrax is the only
disease that there is any danger of mis-
taking for black leg.
When once introduced into herd. the
sick animals should be separated from tine
healthy. The remaining animals should
be moved to higher pasture land or shut
M in corrals or stables and fed. Very
few cases have appeared in stall fed stock.
although the germ can be brought in on
hay. but this is not likely. Range stock
he .r ven {, fresh range and waterea at
a fresh watering place. Medicinal t,eat-
ment as yet has been useless. Although
methods of treatment have been
the authors claiming
nothing for them. The old method Of
is wroag. When this was re-
il was thought to he form
of anthrax, and this idea w;,s to increase
the coagulating of blood, which is unnes-
sary. as the blood is not effected as iii an
thrax.
Some writers recommend opening the
swelling and applying antispeptics to the
incision. This is rational, and where the
animal has constitution to outlive the
disease, would materially aid Ill it's recov-
ery. A carbonized solution. ore ounce to
the pint, or carbonized oil, or creoline
would be beneficial. Very few clsss re-
cover, however, but there is no harm in
trying this method. Since treatment is
of little avail, prevention is utmost i'm
portance, The principal duty of the
owner should be to properly dispose of
the dead. The CARCASS should be burned
if possible, and if this is impractical it
should be buried at least & feet deep and
freery sprinkled with lime. The carcass
should not be dragged over the ground to
the place of BURIAL but hauled in vihi-
Gle. Stables that have harbored the dis
eased animals should be thoroughly
cleaAed out, and solution OF chloride OF
lime applied to floors and surroundings.
Inoculation as preventative has been
tried with more or less success in Europe
and this country, but as this article is
written for tor the stockmen and farmer
solely with the view of giving such infor-
nation teat will enable them to intelli-
gently handle tht diseased ANIMALS and
thereby conAne this disease to as limited
territory as possible, I shall not treat it
here.
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