The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04
The Best Remedy for Anthrax.

Meadows from a disease called an
thrax, but as the stockmen have burn
ed all the cattle that have died, it is
belived the disease will soon be stamp
ed out. The burning of cattle that
have died of this disease is in compli-
ance with law, and protection to
owners of cattle and land.
Governor Sparks, who has paid more
attention to the conditions of the dis
ease than the average farmer, informs
arson Appeal that Pasteur vaccine is
the best remedy yet found. 1t is en-
dorsed by the Department of Agricul-
ture and other bodies who have
made study of the disease and its
cures. 1t is injected with a small syr-
inge and any one can do the work. a
man can vaccinate 100 head day
without difficulty. 1t does not require
veterinary to perform the work and
the Governor will gladly furnish any
one full information on the subject.
cattle that have been vaccinated at
this time should have the dose repeat
ed in about ten days. This will last
for two years, when the stock that has
been kept over should be revaccinated.
The Governor is confident that if
stockmen will follow the advice offer
ed the disease can be readily stamped
out. OF all the cattle he has, but one
was lost this summer, and that was
range COW that had not been vaccinated;
not another in his entire heard has
even been sick.
Anthrax is prevalent in Inyo coun-
ty, Cal, and stockmen are considera-
bly, alarmed. The disease is also re-
ported in southern Nevada. Our Car
son Valley farmers should make note
of the above preventive and apply it
before it is too late.
Anthrax ranks among the Oldest of
diseases of animals, as well as one of
the most serious. Sheep, cattle and
horses are susceptible to it in the order
named, while hogs, rabbits, mice and
other animals die quickly from its eff
fects. Man may be attacked by it, but
not always with results as fatal as is
the general rule with the lower ami
mails. 1t has been known since earl
lest written history, though only in
recent years has such knowledge taken
any accurate and scientific form. The
bacilli recognized as the medium of in
oculation accumulate in greater num-
beers in the liver, the spleen and
similar organs than in muscular It's
sues. The germs thrown off in vari-
Gus ways by the infected animal, retain
their vitality for long period; they
resist ordinary putrefaction, are un-
changed by moisture, and are not af-
fected by moderate heat. If buried in
the body of an animal which has died
from anthrax, they may live for years
and be brought to the surface to infect
other animals. In one recorded case,
an outbreak was caused from bacilli in
the body of an animal buried in that
spot seventeen years before. If scat
tered with the debris of dead animal,
they may be washed to the roots of
grass in pasture, or carried to lower
ground, to make trouble long after
wards. The spores remain in the hides
of animals which have died, and retain
their vitality even through all the
working incident to making finished
leather from such hides. Infection
may take place in many ways; general
iy through contact with the spores
with abraded surfaces, or through
the mucous membrane of a sound an
imal. 1t sometimes occurs through
the animal eating grass on which the
spores exist, or through eating hay so
affected. 1t may also be carried by
flies and insects. If contained in har-
ness leather, it needs but an abrasion
of the skin against which the leather
rubs to inoculate the animal. A case
is reported in which groom contract
ed the disease through break of the
skin on the back of his hand, the spores
entering his system from the leather
strap on the back of the brush. All
this may sound like exaggeration, but
it is taken from government report,
in which fairy tales and jokes do not
usually appear. Wherever the disease
is found, the virulence of its germs
make it evident that the most careful
and effectual attention should be given
to the destruction of animals which
have died from it.
The disease occurs in three forms.
The most rapidly fatal usually occurs
in the beginning of an outbreak, which
is most apt to occur during hot, dry
summer. In this form the animal
drops dead without previous indication
of disease. In the second form, high
fever comes; chills and muscular ire
mors may come; the ears and base of
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