The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-14
GOVT Fighting
ANEMIA OF HORSES
SWAMP FEVER OF INFECTIOUS
ANEMIA SAID TO BE prevail.
ENT IN NORTHWESTERN
sTATEs-sYMPToMs EXPLAIN.
ED AND CURE Is GIVEN.

bulletin has just been received
from the United States department o
agriculture stating that the depart.
ment continues to receive reports in.
dicating the prevalence of swamp fever
or infectious anemia Of horses in sec
tons OF Minnesota, Kansas. Nebraska
Colorado, Wyoming, Montana. NORTH
Dakota and Texas, where considerable
losses have resulted. The disease oc-
ours mainly in lcw-Iying and poorly
drained sections, although IL has been
discovered on marshy pastures in alti-
tudes as high as 1900 feet 1t liz also
more prevalent in wet seasons than in
dry ones
/ The disease begins to manifest itself
by dull listless appearance and gem
| eral weakness, the animal firing easily.
This stage is followed by a staggering.
swaying, uncertain gait, the hind legs
being mostly affected. The tempera-
ture generally remains high for several
days and then drops to rise again at
irregular intervals The horse may i'm
prove for time, but usually this tenn
porary Improvement is followed bv a.
more severe attack than at first The
quantity of urine passed is sometimes
enormous, death finally occurring from
exhaustion. II the disease is uncom-
plicated IL will run a chronic course
and usually terminates fatally in from
TWO months to a much longer period,
Although the treatment of the dis
ease has not been in all cases salts
factory, an antipyretic OF forty grains
OF Quinine, two drains of acetanilfd.
and thirty grains of powdered nux
vomica four times daily has greatly
reduced the mortality. In the last stages
with weak heart, alcohol should be sub
stituted for acetanilid. Cold water
sponge baths may be given and in adj
dition frequent copious injections of
cold water per rectum. to reduce the
temperature and stimulate the bowels
which usually show a tendency to be-
come torpid during the fever. Giving
purgatives should be avoided unless
absolutely necessary on account of
their facilitating effect, but laxative
and easily digested feed should be Civ
en- instead. Sometimes a dirty yellow
ish tinge of mucous membrane is OBJ
served, in which case twenty grains
of calomel in from two to four drains
of aloes in ball, or two dram doses
of fluid extract of podophyllin may be
given.
After the fever has subsidized tonic !
of the following drugs in combination |
should be given: Arsenious acid, two |
grams; powdered nux vomica, twenty |
eight grams; powdered cinchona bark |
eighty-five grams; powdered gentian |
root, ITO grams. These should be well |
mixed and one-half tablespoonful Civ
en- at each feed.
The healthy animals should be separ- |.
ated from the sick, and the infected /
stable stalls, litter and all utensils |
thoroughly disinfected. The disinfec- /
tant may be made of the compound /
solution of cresol carbolic acid, or
of lime, mixing six ounces of
any one of these with one gallon of
water and applying literally to all
parts of the stable,
The bureau of animal industry of the i
department. of agriculture, Washing II
ton. d. c., will send free on request
a circular mo. 1881 describing the dis
ease and giving treatment in detail.