People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-08-25
Something About Texas Fever.

Something About Texas Fever.
The discovery of Texas fever among
the cattle IN this locality has created
much apprehension among stockmen
and owners Of cows. Little is known
by the general public Of the disease,
its symptoms or the best method of
treating it. We are indebted tn DR..
Stevens, the veterinary, for much en-
lightenment on this subject.
AS stated in yesterdays JOURNAL,
the period Of infection after contact
is from twenty-One to tifty-three days.
After the disease manife>ts itself
there is little to do in the way Of
treatment except to observe certain
sanitary rules while the disease is
allowed 10 run its course. The best
course to pursue is to use the solution
given in yesterdays paper and kill the
ticks. This in measure arrests the
disease, as it removes the source oil
infection. Cows that are thus treat
ed as soon as they show the first sym
toms of fever, have a good chance o.
recovery.
The symptoms are stupidity,
gaunt appearance, little appetite
sometimes refusing all nourishment
drink little or no water, and the eye
bulge and stare. The under jaw i,
very sore to the touch, and the heaC
droops low to the ground. There is ;
stiffness in the back and lOins, which
is noticeable in the walk, but the ami.
NAL shows no signs Of pain. The res
piratiOn becomes rapid. The urine
in the early stages Of the disease, be
comes a dark red, but clears up rapidly
in five or six days. The bowels ART
not effected. The spleen and gall bal
Swells up to twice its normal size, an(
the cow dies up rapidly in milk. Thu
fever stands at from 100 to 1911 de,
greeS. Death results in from "a to g
hours.
There is an impression that one Gov
will not give the disease to another
COW of the same nativity. This i'm
preston is wrong, though the infec
tion becomes weaker as the disease il
spread. The Infection is carried by ;
small, red tick, while the large, whit
ish ones lay the eggs. The large tick
fall off or are rubbed off and lay hun
dreds Of eggs on the ground. A Gov
passing over the spot kicks up tk,
dust or perhaps lies down and thu
becomes infected. Frost is the unl,
thing that will rid an infected spot o
ground Of the ticks. Ia some In
stances the ticks bnrrow into tn,
ground and live through a mild winter
Several cases of fever are reported
today that have not been reported
heretofore. w. S. Nelson's COW
which was reported sick yesterday
has not developed the disease yet
Mr.. Nelson's COW has not been OF
pasture for several weeks. JameI
Carrothers, the heavyweight old gen.
tleman who hauls milk to the cream.
cry here, bought a cow from th'
infected pasture about month agt
and put her in his pasture five mile
northeast Of town with one hundred
head of other cattle. W. M. Fergu
son, the cattle dealer, intended ship
ping one or two thousand head o
cattle to this place from tie west
but since satisfying himself of tn
genuineness of the disease among th
cattle here, will hoG do so.
Taylor Riddle, president Of tn
sanitary commission, did not arriv
this morning. Sheriff Heskett re
ceived telegram from him thi
morning announcing that a mem
Der of the commission had started 70