The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-07-15
Observation-Disclosures.

W. new ness OF Inc treatment W
immunize susceptible cattle
d yaiust Texas fever and the pos
~ib,li,y of breeders, dealers or
not familiarlzlng
themselves with the principal
details to insure the maximum OF
safety in inoculated animals,
here seems 10 be "a considera Die
element of danger, which -
worthy of some careful though
and attention.
TO even the intelligent hay man
the pathological changes thattake
place in the Texas fever victim,
whether the disease has been
produced artificially or by natur-
al methods, are not frequently if
al all thunderstorm The old adage,
"teed cold and starve . fever"
although useful in certain classes
OF fever 1t may be, does not apply
at all to this particular instance;
in fact is contaminated, for
the reason thatnutritious fe eding
is absolutely necessary to REIN
force the blood which is so much
reduced in the number of its cell
elements as a result of the dis
ease. From this then it may be
inferred that feeding or proper
nourishment of the patient
through both the acute and con-
valescent stages is only sccondin
importance to the fever produc-
ing injection itself. Such being
the case it is far from correct to
consider an animal safe to be
turned out and it's ration changed
from highly nutritious one to
one consisting of Shortpasturage
and coarse fodder (even where
there may be no ticks or only
few sim ly because it has been
inoculated or has even passed
through one fever period-no
matter how high the temperature
may have reached during that
period. The experience of all
the experiment stations which
have been engaged in the i'm
munizing work has been practi-
cally the same lnasmuch as they
do not consider animal safe, or
reasonably so, inside offrom fifty
to sixty days after incubation.
At the expiration of the sixty
days period the majority of ami
mails will have satisfactorily
passed over the second stage of
the fever and by the continuance
Of carefully balanced dietary
will have sufficiently improved
the general health and vigor to
withstand exposure to moderate
tick infestation. Individuality,
however, plays animportant part
and there are occasionally to re
found animals that even the
lengthy period OF sixty days will
find with considerable elevation
OF temperature and require a
longer time before convalescence
is thoroughly established.
The success or failure of i'm
depends not wholly
upon the inoc ulation and after
care while animals are under the
supervision of experiment sta
tons or individuals thoroughly
qualified to undertake it, but on
the owners, whether breeders or
dealers, after getting possession
OF the animals. 1t is a serious
for those North or South
who have inoculated cattle to
dispose of to the buyers in the
districts to possess
themselves of the impression
or lmpart the idea that because
animals have received an iniec-
ton of virulent blood, and have
exhibited rise in fever or have
even passed over the first .tage
that they are perfectly safe and
DO not require any further atten-
ton as to care and feeding. tits
right here, in fact where the dan.
ger lies and where loss is liable
to accrue. The writer has lust
had an experience along this line
which in reality has ,ro.1