The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-28
REPORTS ON ARID LANDS AND CATTLE DISORDERS
DISEASE AMONG STOCK HAS BEEN
CONSIDERABLY IESSENEn
State Veterinarian Nelson Has Done
Good Work With the Ample
Funds i'm His PoSsession-Benefl
Special Dispatch to the Post-In,elligencer.

SPECIAL Dispatch 70 The Post-InteIligsncer.
OLYMPIA. Nov. g-s. b. Nelson, the
state veterinarian. has submitted his BIZ
emma. report 10 the governor and legisla-
ture OF Ists The veterina r3ans he1dQuar-
ters are al the Pullman agricultural col
iese and he seems 10 have done good
work In discovering and suppress.ng yeter-
mary DISEASES.
During the past two years 1888 animals
We're examined. OF this number A. were
horses, 69I cattle and $3.50 sheep. out %
this nunoer IGs horses, AMI seven cattle
were found diseased
Tie diseases coming under the obserya-
ton OF Veterinarian Ne.son are cere5ro-
spinal meningitis. q horses. catarrh, ].
horses: actinony coris. cows, CHAMBERS.
- horses: mango, 10 horses: epizoo;ic
pharyngTls. ~ horses: tuberculosis, II
cows were given the tuoereuliu test; black
leg IN calves and distsnper and influenza
III horses have also been quite prevalent.
The veterinary surgeon earnestly advises
farmers 10 yaccinats their animals q
preventive OF black leg
The state seems 10 be free from hog choi-
era and sheep scab
TIE outbreak Of cerebro-spina. meningitis
al WalerviiIe in the winter Of 1851 was
caused from the horses eating certain
moulds found on straw. especially that
found ia the bottom of the stacks. Only
those horses that had bean running 10
straw stacks were affected. This trouble IS
nos couta glolIs that ia horses cannot con-
tract il from each other, but horses once
affected do not yield readily TO tresa tnent.
which consists OF change Of feed and one
drachm doses Of potassium Of iOdide gwen
three times i day 70 those horses that do
not succuno within few hours. The
general symptoms OF this disease are
paralysis and inability 10 swallow. Mango
is claSSed entirely needless disease,
bGt one which is causing considerable loss
TO the people of the southeastern portion of
the state. Il is caused by small parasite
burrowing in the skin and can be checked
by proper sanitary reguIa lions
Thirty-four horses were given the NAL
lein test for CHAMBERS. OF which twenty re-
acted and Were destroyed. II all suspicious
cases that are reported coalld be investigat-
ed this dread disease could be eradicated
from the state.
Since tuberculosis is communicable from
man 10 cow and vice versa, it becomes
serious question and IL Will only be d
matter of time when IL will gain a foot
hold in the herds OF the state and prove a
menace to the health of its citizens if con-
slant vigilance is not exercised at the
present time TO keep the herds free. With
the importation OF high bred animals from
the East the danger of its constant intro
duction ana spread is increased
There are in the state about l,0ss 90 head
Of cattle. al an assessed value of 50 40 lss
but real value Of nearer S2500o.0so and
sufficient appropriation is asked from the
legislature TO furnish needed protection TO
this immense industry Two years ago an
insufficient appropriation was made. and
in one instance alone Il cost the people Of
the state several times more than the sum
asked for because the state veterinarian
had 10 wait until funds could be furnished
before the trouble could lie investigated