The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-01
Third Day.
MORNING SESSION.


MORNING SESSION.
Collie, Bloat and Founder"
DR.. Paul Fisher, the veterinary sur
geon of the agricultural college, pre-
scented an exhaustive treatise upon the
subject of Collie, Bloat and Founder
in horses and cattle. Much discussion
followed, engaged in by most of the
farmers present.
DR.. Fisher. among other things, said:
The object of this paper was rather to
present the causes at the bottom of the
disease ordinarily known as collie, and
tsus enable owners of horses to prevent
the disease, than giving any sure cure
formulate for its treatment. True collie
was disease of the stomach and intes-
tines. and II was manifested by various
characteristic symptoms of pain in the
abdominal region. Spurious collie might
be disturbance of the functions of any
other OF the internal organs which mani
fest themselves by symptoms similar to
true collie. Among these we may mention
diseases of the liver, kidney, bladder and
genital organs Collie is one of the oldest
known diseases OF the domeSticated horse,
being written about 1850 years ago by
Columella, and little later by Eumelus;
and since then many able men have made
the study OF the cause and treatment of
collie a part of their life work To Illus
trate the Importance of the disease he
quoted the following statistics: According
to Bollinger 40 per cent of all internal
d.
estimate based on 1884 cases of disease,
of which 7,549 were collie. In the kingdom
OF Bavaria, of the 400, 900 horses of which
official records are kept. 10000 are at
Tackled with collie every year, According
to Bollinger, IL per cent of all horses at
tackled with collie die. According to other
competent observers, this per centage
varies from 1912 to IS per cent, and all of
these figures are taken from cases that
receive the best scientific treatment that
could be given at the time, namely, the
Royal Veterinary colleges of Germany
and Austria, and cover periods of ObSer-
walton ranging from ten to % years.
The causes may be briefly enumerated
under the following u headings: l, the
peculiar anatomical arrangement of the
horses stomach, which practically pre-
vents ii from vomiting "a valuable method
of relief in abdominal disorders of other
animals) 2, catching cold, 3, overlooking
IN various ways, and under various cir
cumstances; 4, spoiled food-mouldy,
muSty, frozen, etc; D, gas formation in
stomach, resulting from feeding clover,
lucerne, esparsette. and other legumes
patton. resulting from bulky, dry, taste
less food, ETC.: Z, stones and concrements
IN the intestines, produced by certain
foods rich in earthly salts like bran,
other parasites; 10, intestinal stenoses,
dislocations, twistings, negotiations. in
generations, ETC.; II, rolling of animal
and consequent dislocation of the bulky
in1lammations, ulcers and poisonings.
Another and most important cause is
the presence in over 80 per cent of all
horses, in the interior mesenteric artery
of a parasite, known as strongyluS
armatus,or wire worm. This observation
was first made and written about by the
eminent Dr. Bollinger and agrees with
personal observations made on horses
used for dissecting at the Agricultural
College of Utah and the Ohio State uni
versity. The life history of this parasite
was discussed and compared with that of
similar entoZoa and insects. The worm
was shown to have three distinct stages
of development. namely, egg, larva. and
mature worm. The mature worm breeds
in the colon of the horse; the larvae pass
partly into the interior mesenteric artery,
produce embOli or clotS disturb the cir
culation by cutting off the blood supply
from certain sections of the intestine and
pass out with the animals feces. and
when they reach stagnant pools of water
they live there for some time. Most of
them perish, but many regain access into
the bowels of healthy horse by their
water containing them. and thus
Infect them. One draft of such water is
to infect a horse for a lifetime.
Any disturbance in the general health of
the animal, such as may occur by the
action of any of the above named II sets
of causes will be apt to increase the
danger of the strongylus armatus, and
the emboli produced by it. These causes. |
harmful though they are. would sften act
were the animal otherwise free
from this parasite.
Conclusions. Avoid all the causes above
Above all prevent the poSsi- /
BILE entrance of strongylus armatus by
avoiding all suspicious wafer. Take good
care OF your manure and the liquid
DRAWINGS thereof. for a twofold reason. |
These DRAWINGS are q breeding place for |
the parasite in question; but when prop |
erly handled they are an excellent and
fertilizer
Then few general indications for the /
treatment of cases of collie were given. /
These could be general only because /
special treatment for special cases could /
be given by expert veterinarians only. /
Attention was called to the value OF So 4
called external and dietetic treatment. 1
D-enching with oil in any manner was !
cautioned against on account of the 4
LANCER of foreign-body pneumonia.
Numerous questions were asked by |
hose in attendance. and answered by Z
Dr.. Fischer. after which the question of |
oloat was taken up.
After giving a definition of the disease
l large part of the discussion was de-
voted to the enumeration of the various
,auses. chief of which were. improper
'ood, or proper food given on improper
occasions Among them were Juicy green
,artly fermented and withered; greedy
Eating of food by over hungry animals.
tic. Clover. lucerne, buckwheat. wild
mustard We're considered as especially
dangerous when In this condition; and
attention was called TO the fact that
ucerne in itself did not produce bloat,
,ut it was the manner in which and the
circumstances under which cattle were
ed with it. After the symptoms were
,.scussed at length the treatment was
9.-en up.
Great stress was laid on theimportance
= preventing the occurrence but when
his precaution was neglected the most
ational treatment for the different cases
vas suggested
All the morning session was taken up
:, the discussion of collie and bloat.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was opened by
short talk on the results of feeding
cooked and uncooked grain feeds, fol-
owed by the reading of a paper on