Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

people base their opinion on GER
tain well-defined symptoms CT this
disease, while in reality there may
be no symptoms Observable of
number of animals without show
ing any external symptoms what
ever. In fact, in the virulent form
Of intestinal Charlton, sudden death
is the only symptom that would
lead one to suspect Charlton. We
have often drawn attention to the
futiiity of depending upon these
external signs of the diseAse, and
basing an opinion entirely upon
swellings, etc.
eff the disease is transmitted
by external incubation, such as
by horse flies, swellings will APP
pear as primary engagements. If
an animal lives long enough with
the disease there will be second
airy swellings from transudation
of the serum of the blood and
gravitation to the lower portions
of the body. But the disease it.
self is a blood disease, a true sep
ticemia, with the germs teenfing
in the circulation, and when an
animal obtains the germs through
eating infected heritage, the lat
ter multiply so rapidly in the
blond stream and produce their
toxin that death takes place often
in a few hours and without show
ing any outward swellings what
ever. Now, as n general statement,
there Is no specific care FOR char
bon. And the effort should be
made, not so much to cure cases
of it, but to prevent, control or
destroy the infection. Preventa-
tive and sanitary measures are,
therefore, much more to be relied
on than curative agents. The char
bonous carcass is the source from
which further infection is allowed
to spread. If that carcass is not
carefully disposed of by burning,
or deep burial with lime, prefer
ably the former. To burn the car
cass should be the very first step
III the treatment. Animals should
be removed from PASTURES suspect
ed of being infected, and the still
healthy ones should be inoculated
| with preventive vaccine. Alfstock
should be protected from flies, es-
pecially the skin-puncturing horse
flies, because should flies which
have been feeding on the blood of
charbonous victim, or carcass,
get access to healty stock, the lat
ter are going to become inoculated
aud take the disease. Don't waste
time and money on so-called cures,
| as there are hone of these to be
depended on, but GO to work and
attend to the preventive and san
itary measures,.which are the only
rational means of combating this
dread and fatal disease of both
man and beast, and which are
adopted in all civilized countries
where Charlton and its control are
under government supervision and
which ought to be the case in
Louisiana, hut unfortunately it is
not.
The three main points to- be
remembered in the control of char
bon are: Proper disposal of all
charbonous carcasses, preferably
by burning. Protection of the ain
imals from infection. And i'm
munizing the animals against the
disease by the use of some one of
protective vaccines or lymphs.
"To fool with cures, and neg
lect the above mentioned meas
ures is simply to court diaster and
allow the disease to spread over
fwider areas. No sane person would
btry to cure cotton bolls that had
been injured by the boil weevil.
His efforts would be directed to
the destruction of the weevil,
which is Che cause of the trouble.
$50 nj the case of Charlton, it IL
Rthe germ which causes the all
Ement that has to be destroyed so
as to prevent, as far as possible,
Pits being spread, aud doing furth-
er damage. In other words, al otit-
break of charbon has to be treat
ed by preventive and sanitary
measures rather than by thera-
peutics or-so-called remedies ap--
fplied to the animal"