Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-15
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Observation-Disclosures OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Editor Courier: As reference is
made in the Courier of Friday, to
the examination of dairy herds in ref
ercnce to tuberculosis as it affects dali
Try food, it seems that there is an I'M
( expressed feeling among the farmers,
and especially dairy men, against the
modes being used by the state veterin-
aries in The matter. No sane man
would want to keep, or use, or sell, Tor
food the product of diseased cows. Yet
it does not follow. that cattle are to be
condemned and slaughtered on the
mere Judgment of the veterinary sur
geons, reached by mere anti-mortem
examinations. Whoever will read up
The reports ON tuberculosis, as given
in the government agricultural re-
ports, by government authorities. will
see that the disease is found in all do
nestle animals in varied form, that it
may exist without endangering health
or life, and thatswhere 1t exists in the
COW so as to make her milk unwhole-.
some, it must be in such form as to i'm.
part virus, or bacilli to the milk EN-
pertinent has failed to discern that
such flesh for food is dangerous. AZ
ter repeated experiments on this line.
Nocard sums up the conclusion thus:
Tirst-the flesh of tuberculous ami
mails may in certain instances present
some danger. Sccond-that it is very
exceptionally dangerous. Third-in
those cases where 1t is dangerous, it
Z is always so in a very slight degree.
This is enough TO show that the scion
lists are at least in dispute. The point
is,how is,antirmortem investigation to
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of the disease, even when it may be
are admitted to exist in near
even in muscle juice, independ-
ent of tubercular deposit and may
never develop into any danger TO
the animal, or its product. Professor
Tnbtin says "a disease so varied in its
attack on the different organisms OF
the body, must necessarily lead to mis-
takes OF diagnosis" Now right here,
we object 10 the slaughter Of animals
on The mere condemnation of veterina-
rims when nice fee is to line his
Z POCKET and we farmers furnish the
stock at our own expense for his eNpe-
riinent. re this is to go on, we insist
that the whole matter be given into
the hands of competent boards OF
health, with authority, and the state
be responsiblet for mis-condemned
q stock. A little common sense, and a
little less professionalism will help us
A sick COW is easily detected. Prof
Linhtiis sFlotes the. following descrip-
tion al the disease, taken from an off
\ cia llsWiss report: Il; h,
ga dry, snort. hoarse cough. AT
first the animals may lay on flesh, hut
rs the disease progresses they show
more and more the appearance of dis
eased nutrition, such as stating, l,is-
treless coat; dirty tense skin: pale in
the regions Of the fallen hair; temper
ature low; sinking of the eyes in the
sockets; seem to swim in water and
the look is weak. Cough increases and
milk falls off. Fever increases, with
swollen and hardened udders."
To any sensible farmer these indica-
tipns ave sufficient to suggest the pro-
Per remedy. What brings the danger
down IL the least possible minimum
{ is the following: The percentage OF
tuberculosis is officially recorded to be
from one TO ten. th S from one to ten
iii a thousand These are compiled
largely from large herds fed from dis,
tilieries. and beer and starch offal;
kept in bad stables, and crowded
herds. DR.. Hayes, a good veterinary
nov of San Francisco. aud formerly OF
Ottumwn, said to the writer, a year
ago, '.no fair man would claim that
more tl,af one-hWf Of one per cent oil
tuberculosis exists anywhere in the
Is west" And that large portion OF
this per cent would recover on grass
range. Prof. Eolliuger, IA high author
ity, in showing that it is more danger
Gus to take the milk of a single COW
for any length OF time. says:
"a COWS milk that Is bad may be sc
dihFed by being mixed with mill
from dozen good ones, as TO render i
harmless. tuberculosis milk will los
its force by being mixed with fort,
parts of water, while human spatun
retains lis injection after being dilut
I'd with 100000 times the water" Thu
itappears from authority that poison
ing from milk is reduced to a mini
mum. Vet is still matter OF dee
solicitation to all concerned in human
welfare, and no encouragement is t
he placed in the way of all right in
yestigation at any cost; yet it doe
not follow that a single profes
sion is to be turned loose on the far
mers of Iowa, TO condemn and slaugh
ter cattle at their own distum, on
professional fad. We repeat, if ther
is real danger, stamp it out, but w
insist GA il that the state of Iowa d
the stamping oy proper authority an
on equitable terms. A Farmer.
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