St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-06-26
Is NO CURE
For GHARRDN,'
Cslebraisa FstsriAanaa says Preventative aRly
saia auara Anaisst AulaI Bisaasa.
DON'T FOOL WITH CURES, :
Bat TFsai ths caass. aaa P~Psysntihs Disease.
New Is ths ssasaa lor lae Blsaase
% Haka Appasrsssa.

In the issue Of the Now Orleans Plea
yune OF April q, 1908, DR.. Dalrymple, OF
the state University, and one Of the
DesL veterinary surgeons in the
void, had published an article which
went TAR in the direction OF teaching our
stockmen something about anthrax, or
Charlton.
This letter we reproduce below, because
we have heard of several cases Of char
bon ! q this parish, and in adjoining par
lshes there have been many cases.
DR.. Dalrymple's article follows:
has been our custom for wears. as
soon as the heated season sets In. to-
sound 3 note of warning ito those Of our
readers residing In eharbouous sections
Of the State with regard to THIS fatal
malaay Of livestock, as we'll rs people,
when they chance tosbecome inoculated
The season has arrived, and the very
conditions prevail which favor the de-
yeIopment Of the comtagion ON areas
where II already exists In d latent form.
AZ soon IS we get heatand moisture, oc-
easioned byshoWers with intervals OF
weather, this latent infection is reyivi-
fed, and we are likely at any moment
now TO hear Of outbreaks Of charbon
among CATTLE horses mules, etc, from
the animals grazing over infected pas
lures. In tact, we notice in 8 dispatch
from Lafayette. in Last Saturdays Daily
Plcayunes "thata fatal disease is attack
Ing the cattle In the extreme western
part OF the parish, in the Second Ward.
and one farmer has already lost over
100 head. The animals died within q
few hours after symptoms of the disease
are manifested, and SO Tar no remedy
has been discovered, the nature of the
nlaladY being yet puzzle to all. The
owner who lost SO many head believes
/ Eh "a tEEho D. q n1nR ale wrrnr1 As-~ -
some shrub or plant growing in the
woods, az cattle ranging IN the prairies
do not seem to be affected by the dis
case Some suspect that the affection
Is q virulent form OF Charlton, but some
symptoms do not bear out this opinion"
Wecannot say, OF course, that the
malady Is charlton, but on account OF
the favorable climatic conditions,
coupled with the fact that infeetionsex-
lists IA Lafayette Parish, we are rather
inclined to the opinion that it may be,
Many people base their opinion on cer-
tain Well-defned symptoms Of this dis
ease, while in reality there may be no
symptoms observable at all, except the
the sudden death of q number OF ami
mails without showing any external
symptoms whatever. In fact, in the
yirulent from ofintestinal Charlton, sud-
den death lis the only symptom that
would lead TO suspect eharbon. We
have often drawn attention to the fulfill
ty OF depending upon these external
signs OF b disease, and basing an opin-
ion entirely upon swellings. etc.
If the disease is transmitted by exter-
nal incubation, such as by horse flies,
swelling Will appear ss primary en-
targements. If an animal lives long
enough with the disease there will be
secondary sWellings from transudatfon
OF the serum of the blood and grayita-
ton 70 the lower portions Of the body.
But the disease itself is q blood disease,
q true septicemia, with the germs tenn
ing IN the circulation, and when an
animal obtains the germs through eat
ing infected heritage, che latter multi
ply so rapidly In the the blood stream
and produce their toxin that death
takes place often in 8 few hours, Rnd
without showing sny outward dwellings
whatsoever. Now as s general statement,
there 10 no specific cure for charbem-
that Is, genuine geharbon. And the eff
fort should be made, not so much to
cure cases of II, but to prevent, control
or destroy the Injection. Preventive
and sanitary measures are, therefore,
much more to be relied on thaneuratiye
agents. The charDonOus carcass-is The
source from which further injection is
allowed to spread, III that CARCASS is not
carefully disposed of by burning, f0r
deep burial with Lime, preferably the
E401AAbGs 40 pA6A WIS G&EG@SA De
the very first step in the treatment.
Animals should be removed from pas
turessuspected OF being infected, and
the still healthy ones should be inoeu-
lated with preventive vaccine. All
stock should be protected from dies, es-
pecially the skinlpuncturing horse dies,
because should flies, which have been
feeding on the blood of q Gharbonous
ytotims or carcass, get access to healthy
stock the latter are going to become
inoculated and take the disease. Don't
waste time and money on so-called char
Dor cures, as there are none of these to
bs depended on, but go to work and at
tend 60 the preventive and sanitary
measures, which are the only rational
means of combating this dread and
fatal disease of both ma and beast, and
which are adopted in all civilized coun-l
tries where Charlton and itB control are
under Government supervision, and
which ought TO be the case In Louigiana
but unfortunately it ID not.
The three main points to be remem@
beFed IN the control of Charlton are
Proper disposal Of all charboncus car-
cases, preferably by burning. proSeC-
ton OF the animals from infection
And tmmuufzfug she 8nimals agafnet
the disease BY the use Of some one of
the protective vaccfnes or lymphs.
To fool with cures and neglect the
A1bA4II6b ID 641IptX
q court disaster and allow the disease
10 spread over wider areas. No sane
person would try to cure cotton bells
th2k had been injured by the boil wee
viii Els efforts would be directed 10
the destruction of the weevil, which Ia
the cause of the trouble. So in the case
OF Charlton, 1t is the germ which causes
the allment thak has TO be destroyed so
rs 10 prevent, as far as possible, It's be-
ing spread and doing znrther damage.
In 0therAFords, ga outbreak of Charlton
has to be treated By preventive and
sanitary measures rather than by Their
apeutics or so-eaIls1 Eemaafaa SMILED