Gunnison news-champion., 1903-05-22
The Da.sa.s. Ansnrax.

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animals 81 tl4e cs hzc8 y varid slnce
the hr-i Wrrca tl-sary We have 81
auv ~ shear ai-ca-cs. l. was a plague
81 tac catsic 0f tEyFi aurlHg tbe
q u4e af Mas.cs. D. rhe hHsi hsif 81
che ccutury % had bocame ar exteu
sisoly spread disease iu Russia. Ilal
land and England aHl far the lasi
ccuiury has hceu gradually spread
Iug lu Che Amcrlca =. mare - m
Sluih America ln LS6l IN the fee
governments af Peter-burg. <gvgo-
rud Oianefz. figcr aud Jaruslau IN
Russia. over ten thausand horses
and nearly one Thousand Persaus per
ishci frum the dlsease
Sluce trUatment b. II hptle or n0
avail in this disease prevention h.
the most important subject demand
ing consideration. To show that the
Transmission ID anthrax o. man IL moi
so VERY uncommon. We have taken
che following Egures irum the last r.
p1u 0i che German government iu
lSlu Oue hundred and eleven cases
were hr1uaht ta the notice af the
authorities af Which eleven teruin-
ated fatally Thc largest ngaber Of
Iuaculations were due o. the slaught-
eriur opening aud SHINING If an
mals affected with anthrax. hence
fhe butchers suffered most extensive
lv pl the ue hullrei and eleven
thirty SIX belonged 0. ths crsft.
Anthrax IS contagious aud in-
Grctious disease ul cattle. horses and
sheep and communicable 90 human
bciugs This b. important 20 the
stsckmeu uf Colorado owing t9 the
fact THAI DO b. quite prevalent here
This is one 1f The oldest known dis
eases. the greatest source of infection
IS FROM the CarUas-e- ol animals that
have died from anthrax These bod
les are filled with bacjlli the largt
majority of which produce spores
which enter the soil These vii b.
a source ol danger for many wears.
and when climatic conditions t1geth
er with favorable conditions on this
particular spot occur. there will 1e
am outbreak az anthrax. providing
susceptible animals eat vegetation
growing thereon on br- mcp1culated
ina amy manner. tler lore an bodic
should he burned or buried deep.
symptoms IN cattle and other an
imals are quite varied according 20
the part Of the system FIRST iuva3 Z .
by the bacilli. tsuallv we find In
cattle am acute form in which am au-
lmal dies suddenly for instance an
animal In apparently good health
will be- found dead iu six or ejaht
hours. During the last two years
the following outbreaks have ocrurad
i'm the state In all hahilitv others
have occurred but were not reported
and therefore could NOT be recorded
and if such have occurred they are a
source Of danger in the future rs
few stocEmen pay any attention
whatever TO dead animals so far as
destroying the bodies is concerned.
This is grave mistake and unless
bodies Of animals that have died Of
contagious diseases are DESTROYED it
will be an mending task to rid the
state Of such diseases. We trust
that as stockmcn become more famil-
lar with these diseases they will give
them the attention they require, and
IN few years we can report better
conditions Of our stock industry.
The first outbreak known to the
writer was at Rocky Ford September
9th, 1901, next at Loveland. Nov. Is
1901, Green Horn mountain near.
Walsenburg, June 2nd, 1902, Bvers.
Colo, June 1902, Wood July ~, 1902
Johnstown, Mar. 1902. near Bush.
Nov. 1902, Whitewater. On the
western slope several outbreaks Of
less importance have occurred in the
last two years.