Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-10-20

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NEST 81 3h lillo ~ q. u.
Daaso8 tati i ~ aD, I'D q
8idssp latsr AZ bore bFssdsts
sFoFaes poinsoning. otherHlss
knoBn under shensmes cefelgo-spinals
menihgitis, -itaeeefS, o. -blipd
sbrgaers. isa disease which occurs nbt
only 10 Florida every sammeF bes aleOI
ever large portion Of the Csnfral ard
Eastern paFts Of che Unl,ed s,areh. In
FloFlda itaeems 90 occur ottehess hIoBg
enc East Coast. AZ tho name indi-
eate., q is caused ~ poisonous plants,
or more strictly spesklnf. b licensed
forage, saeh e Eefmehtina grains and
bay. o. D. era61es which have matted
tOgsthst nssr ths ground end become
mOnldy, gonreE n0nldy silsgs hhs
ALDO pFodneed ire disease. 90 bee sls6
esaguant bond RataFiu witch Veesta-
tiou 4 deson posing. Mouldg 81 Wo1m-
eaten corn hes aloo come 10 iOF lie
share 81 bIsme e. . cause. IL uGectS
hortes sBd mules % all ages alike.
''Tbe symptoms aes as variable 81 the
eanses and according % .thslFnaJaFaveI
recogoise three types Of the dlaaase
u tie arSt tYpe, the neet Fapidly a.
taI, there oseuFa weak. sisegsFinRI
gals. paftlal o. complett bafaIysis %
she IhFoat, blindness, switching Of che
muscles, and 20 fever, as rule. The
animal 6oon goes down, becomes deliFi.
Ous and gors through she movements
Of WaIkins. tFOttiBg or running while
on re side. This StAga Il soon succeed.
ed By deep coma, and the animal
quietly expires % . few houFs from the
onset Of che disease. The second type
lS HESt manifested b SlORness Of chew.
Ing, paEEiaI tnsbiIisy 70 aWalIOW, and
woRkness 10 she tall. There IS no pain
or fever. The breathing and pulse are
about noFmal. ard 4 slight SOnssipa-
tlon exists. 10 tWo NEthEea days che
animal Feoovsrs. or 81 the foregoing
symptoms are increased IN severity.
The throat paralysis is complete, she
Rait uncertain, coma o. sleep appear,
che pulgs e Wesk and slow, the breathe
Ing Il labOFed DellFiOm now deVel-
Ops, tho aRlmal goes down, the spine
becomes rleid aad thefe b SypmPlpg
Of the neck and Jaws. Death OceuFs 10
Rb0ut q, week Or ten days In these
cases.
"'In the third Or mild tgpe, the con-
troll Of The limbs and call is Only slight
10y Affected, and the ability 20 swallow
Il nos lost. There u no fever, pain,
o. unconscious movements, and che
SnimHl ahoWs improvement iq four or
| Eve days, ultimately recovering.
"Iu some eatss Of the dIueasP spinal
paralysis Is che most pfomlusnt SyHIp-
tom, while % others IL may be din.
Guilty q swallowing that attracts most
attention. In eli eases, 70 SlssplneSS or
coma remains Hbsent for q week, the
animal will likely FesOveFi bot come
form Of EaFalysls may show for
awhile.
According 70 che symptoms do We
end departures from che normal con-
dlllon "a che brain and spinal cord.
In mild cases there are no notable
chAnReB 10 she nervous system, In
Others We note considerable liquid IN
she brain and SplnAl cord cavities, and
dlstentibn Of she blood vessels. In
the several eases she brain and spinal
cord will appear sOfiehOd, and even
hbOossses may Be found.
"Ths objeot Of thls aFtlels is 70 call
attention 20 che eauSot % This disease,
20 that owners viii BE- more careful 90
provide their animals with pure food
and drinking water"
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