Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23
CATTLE AFFECTED
TUBERCULOSIS is SAID TO BE IN
HERD OF THIS
STATE.
DR.. E. F. Lowery, Local Veterinarian,
Will Petition State Legislature to
Pass Bill Providing For Inspection
of CattIe-The Disease.


of Iowa and particularly among those
state, has been discovered within the
past few weeks to an alarming extent
In fact so prevalent is the disease in
this section that Dr. E. F. Lowery, a
prominent local veterinarian, has sig
nif1ed his intention Of petitioning the
state legislature to make a law provid-
ing for the annual or semi-annual t,l-
berculian test of all cattle DR.. Lowery
is enthusiastic in his views and will
within a short time solicit the aid of
the legislators of the state, and partic-
ularly those Of southeastern Iowa
with a hope that bill which will aid
in the suppression of the dread disease
in cattle may be passed. Other states
have laws which provide for testing of
cattle, and the products of the stock
in those states has risen accordingly
in quality.
Recently the disease was discovered
in a herd of Rock county. Wisconsin,
cattle, and DR.. Roberts, state veterina-
rian, inspected the w. B. Strong herd
of cattle, in which it was found that
fifty-seven out of seventy animals were
affected with the disease. In order to
impress the disbelievers of the exist
ence of this disease, DR.. Roberts is
sued formal invitation to all those
interested in purging the cattle of the
state from this dread disease. A
practical demonstration of how the
disease affects cattle was shown and
it was a valuable lesson to all who at
tended.
The Disease.
In speaking Of the disease DR.. Rob
erts said: "The first ones who will
notice the disease will be the owners
of the cattle. Where tuberculosis ex-
lists in herd for some time the owner
will notice an animal getting very poor
and emaciated and finally dying. In a
short time he will notice more affected
the same way; then his suspicion will
be aroused and he will notify the state
veterinarian. For some years past
stock dealers have been through the
country buying these poor animals for
canning purposes and in passing
through the government inspection at
different abattoirs great many were
condemned for this disease 1t was
by this method OF selling off the poorer
animals that the actual existence of
the disease was not known for a long
time to the farmers themselves.
The Strong Herd.
The w. B. Strong herd at Beloit
are in fair flesh condition and only a
very few show outward physical symp-
toms of disease. In the Legler herd
of Argyle, in Lafayette county, how
ever, seventy-one out of seventy-two
show the disease physically and the
whole herd must be slaughtered on the
premises. In the Strong herd we will
ship thirty-fve to the Milwaukee abat-
toir, these being in good condition
Here they will be slaughtered under
government inspection. The remain.
ing head we will kill tomorrow on the
farm These two herds have shown a
larger per cent of the disease than any
herds l have come in contact with
since became state veterinarian.
Options Given Owners.
"The owners of animals suffering
from this disease have three options
They can quarantine. keeping tn ami
mails away from all other animals and
having the milk heated to a degree
that will destroy all the germs, or they
can ship the animals to an abattoir
where there is a government inspector
for immediate slaughter under the di
rection of the Wisconsin livestock, san.
itary board, or he may have the ami.
mails appraised on the premises, in
this case he receiving two-thirds of the
appraised value If the owner takes
the last option then the sanitary board
can ship such animals as they see fit to
an abattoir to be slaughtered under
government inspection and the net
proceeds turned into the state treas
ury. In the early stages of the disease
where the animals show very light
affection, the animals are passed by
the government inspection"
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