The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-27

horses and mules: tuberculosis in cat tie and hogs or other animals; black leg or black-auarter in cattle; hog cholera and swine plague in swine; 1; anthrax or charbon in. cattle. horses, mules or any animal: rabies in ucgs or any animal or in man; Texas or tick fever in cattle; sheep scabt in sheep and parasitic skin diseases in horses. mules. cattle CT swine.
 When diseased organs or abnormal parts are found in animals on post morten or after death examinations. wrap some or all of the abnormal part in a clean cloth saturated in five or ten per cent, carbciic acid. pack in ice and express to the State veteri- marian. Prepay express. Or parasites and parts of abnormal organs may be put Into a clean fruit jar (wrapped as above directed or covered with aico- hob carefully packed and expressed to C. A. Cary. Auburn. Aiabanna, State Veterinarian.
 Tuberculosis. In Cattle.
 The report of pr. Cary. which eov- CTS the period Of operation of the State Livestock Sanitary Board from March I2 to December 3l, 1907. has something te say genersiiy-about the existence of tuberculosis among cattle of the state. His review along this line Is as follows:
 Tuberculosis in cattle and swine is not at all prevalent. Yet there are in fected cattle in Alabama. as has been proven by tubercuiin tests that have been made of the dairy herds at Mont gomery. Mobile and Birmingham. The city laws prohibit the use of tubercu- leus cattle in dairies. Hence. all tu- berculous dairy cattle are removed from the dairy herds. In order to get some idea about how rapidly tuberculosis progresses in a herd of cattle that have been kept largely in pastures and under outdoor surroundings. notice the record of the following Alabama herd as cattle.
 Mine years ago the owner of the herd purchased a bull in another State. This bull brought tuberculosis into the herd. A tubercuiin test of the herd was made in 1907 and 70 per cent. of the large herd on that farm reacted to the tuberculin test. Therefore, it Is positive that the average fern man- agement of cattle oh farm in Ala bayna will not prevent a more or less rapid extension or dissemination of tuberculosis In herd of cattle. Never purchase dairy cattle or cattle for breeding purposes without requiring the seller to have them tested with tuberculin for tuberculosis Such cat tie must be se tested before they can be brought into Alabama.
 What is commonly called blind staggers, and technically termed in fsctious cerebritis. or cerebro- spinal meningitis in horses and mules has been reported. This trouble. IS in some way associated with the feeding of moIdy. musty and badly spoiled hay or fodder It Is more frequently ob- served during or immediately follow ine wet seaeoas. Beware of feeding wet, rnoidy corn--especialay the ship ped corn that kas psconls wet and green with mold and the home gro@n corn that has become worm eaten and rotten. Prevention iE the only way the farmer can treat these cases; be- cause the expert veterinarian can not cure but very few cases of this trou- bic"
 The following counties are stock law or have one-half or more of their areas under a stock law preventing. cattle from running at large. This entities them to all the privileges and bene- fits of the Livestock Sanitary Jaw Of Alabama: Autauga. Barbour. Blouut. Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers. Clay, Cle- burne, coesa, Coffee. Cherokee. Gull man, Crenshaw, Dale. Dallas, r,eKslb, Fillmore, Etowah. .Fayette. Greene. Hale, Henry, Lamar. Lee. Lowndes. Marshall. Macon, Mafengo, Morgan. Montgoua cry. Perry, Pickens, Pike. Randolph. Rus sell. Sumter. Talladega. Taiiapoosa and Wilcox.
 pr. Cary TarExs Kmmpec4isn.
 Dr. Cary has the following .tc say with reference to the inspection, of