Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-24

dice, and horses and COWS mainly by
causing internal Inflammation. Death is
then rapid and painful, and takes place
before cancellation Of nny Kind Is Vlsl.
bic In the animal Most domesticated
animals. even cage birds. are llahle 10
this cause Of death. but We may as
sumo that among wild animals whose
normal course of life does not expose
them to oVer-eNertion OF "draughts'
II Is less common Among aged dumeS-
Heated animals, or those which are OBJ
ligcd to take violent eNertion. heart
disease often causes sudden dcuth.
Master MaEarth" died from this; so
do the racing dogs Of the Northumber-
land miners. Aged horses sometimes
drop down dead when being gently
ridden from the same cause. Most very
old horses which have been turned out
to grass to end their days In peace suf-
fer In the end from forms of lndiges-
ton. which cause them to become so
thin that their owners order them to
be shot A recent veterinary work
ascribes this and many other equine
maladies to decay or defects In the
teeth due to age or accidents. In the
same way old dogs become emaciated
even when carefully fed.
SORE THROAT.
But. like human beings. all the canine
race, and most Of the felidae and bears.
seem liable to forms OF tumor
and unless relieved by surgery or
released by euthanasia may meet
their dea'< after great mis- Is,
cry and sulferlng. nor shuuId
1t be forgotten that Ylrulent sore
throat is often prevalent and fatal
amongst animals, especially cats.
Consumption and other forms of
tuberculosis account for a large per
centage of the natural deaths OF dom
esticated animals, We doubt II any but
faIs Inn
II. Cattle. cats. chickens, pigeons, and
in n less degree horses, dogs, rats and
mice, are all victims of the tubercle-
bacillus.
There is long list Of contagious ami
NAL diseases mainly confined to do
mesticated animals. Anthrax Is per-
haps the least common. Then follows
the permanent list-intluenza now al
ways present and often epidemic, and
affecting all domestic animals. and
probably wild ones also. swine fever,
aphthous fever. ganders, and in some
seasons the fatal liver rot" mainly
affecting sheep and rabbits. due to a
parasite harbored in tainted ground
and water. Add to these the cholerat-
ic diseases from bad water and dirty
soil, and we have forms of natural
death sufficient to account for the total
disappearance OF whole species, did not
the generally healthy conditions under
Unfortunately. among these conditions
is one which does not make for the
preservation of health, namely, tho
tendency of nearly all non carnlvorous
animals to herd together. and even
when non-related, to seek each others
society. Hence the astonishing vio-
lence and fatal results of animal cpl
denies.
RABIES IN FOXES.
D,,rfpu ,bai, ,,ro,saIuuna nj
of the animal dead Is no longer marked.
on the contrary. the bodies are in evil
dence. Among the multitude of exam
pies collected by Mr.. George Fleming
in his work on Animal Plaques" are
eighty-siX epidemlcs affecting wild
quadrupeds and birds, and twenty
seven affecting fish. Among the for
mer nearly every wild species in Eu-
rope is mentioned. and some in the new
world. including red-deer, reindeer,
wolves, foxes. pelicans bears. channels,
hares, wild hogs. rabbits, rats, wild
ducks, rocks, gaurs and monkeys. Dis
orders usually somewhat rare ana
to epidemics and claiming victims to
disease wholesale. Perhaps one of the
most curious instances is that of ra-
bies among foxes. This prevailed on
the continent during the years 1880 and
1888 In the Canton of the Naud in
Switzerland the bodies of the dead fox
es were often picked up and examined,
and 1t was thought that they We're sur
fering from malignant quinsy; but a.
they entered villages and bit men. dogs
and swine, which afterward died from
rabies, there was no doubt as to the
nature Of the malady. In Wurtemburg
and Baden the fox-rabes became SO
serious that regular hunts were organ
lied until the animals We're killed OF,
like the dogs of Lima under similar
conditions.