The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-08
THE LEAN-TO IDEA
CATTLE TREATMENT
TtB F.RCtLosIs PREVENTED ny or.
EN AIR STABLES FOR
cows.
KILL MANY FINE ANIMALS
STRICT LAWS AGAINST SHIPPING
DISEASED HERDS INTO VIRGIN.
IA RESULTS IN SLAUGHTER
OF MANY.

treatment OF G0nSunptlNcs III the ilu-
man race, meets the hearty approval
of State veterinarian !. @. Ferney
hough, regarding the care OF dairy cat
tie and the distinguished authority on
diseases In the animal world, is bitter
In his denuneiation OF the modern
methods OF stabling cows. DIR. Fer
neyhough is positive that close, warm
stables some OF them steam heated,
are not conducive to the health of the
animals. but on the contrary creates Il
hot bed where disease germs multiply
and spread, causing no end of sick
ness and death in the herds.
The State veterinarian says he is
well aware that dairy cattle kept In
close warm stable Will produce more
milk than IL allowed 10 remain nun
protected quarters, but that there is
lass danger of disease and particu-
larry tuberculosis when cattle are left
In open or exposed stables.
Close Stable Spreads Disease.
DIR. Ferneyhough says the State de
paltnlent OF animal industry is giving
the subject of tuberculosis a great deal
OF study and attention and that ex-
pert opinion is agreed that the close,
warm stable Is highly conducive TO tho
spread Of disease among herd Of cat
tie, tuberculosis being highly conta-
sious under such circumstances.
The fight against the white plague IN
cattle is being conducted on scientific
principles and Is regarded as of such
serious consequence as TO be special
~ provided for in the acts OF the Gem
eral Assembly. At the last session OF
the legislature the quarantine laws
were SO amended and added to as to
make special measure against tu-
berculosis which reads as follows.
BE 1t further enacted, That the dis
ease known as tuberculosis shall be
elassed rs q highly infectious and con-
tagious disease, and such measures
shall be taken by the board and its au-
thorized veterinarian. as TO them may
seem necessary to eradicate and pre-
vent the spread of said disease"
Sanitary Board Objects.
Tho State Live stock Sanitary
Board, Consisting OF the following
merlbers: j. c. CaTingto Charlotte
{. H. H. NJ. Smith, Jr. Richmond,
c. q. Kizer. Norfolk; p, 3. Barringer
Blaclsburs. Z. |. Wade, Christiansb-
/ burg; and DIR. j. G. Ferneyhough, at
| ter carefully considering the serious
ness of the situation, realizing that
/ hundreds of high grade cattle were be-
| Ing shipped into this State for breed
Ing and dairy purposes passed the
Following resolution, governing the
constgnuents OF cattle for Virginia:
IAN cattle coming into the State
of Virginia for dairy or breeding pur-
poses, male or female, must be accom- =
panied by written certificate showing
! that said cattle have passed the tuber-
culin test not longer than four months
| before entering the State, Said test
must have been conducted by a quail
ned veterinarian and approved by the
+, Live Stock Quarantine Authorities, OF
State Veterinarian, of the State from
which said cattle originate. This GER
| tifieate must be presented to and APP
proved by the State Veterinarian OF
Virginia before the said cattle shall be
| allowed to enter the state
Dr. Eerneyhough said to-day that
| the law and regulations on these ship
ments were being thoroughly com
piled with and that hundreds of high
priced animals were ordered to bt
slaughtered. Tho tuberculin test Is
applied to all such animals and all thai
respond are ordered to be killed. The
| veterinarian says that the tuberculin
test is the only way the disease can
be located and upon the injection OF
the virus IL there Is a touch of tuber-
tssIIosts In the ssniTf4ai fevef wifi at once
be manifest and the COW Is ordered
slaughtered.
Cattle Subjected To Test.
| In speaking on this point Or. Fer
neyhough said that when the disease
was spread generally through an ami
maj that the test always proved Alb
soititeiy' correct. vile also safd thai
where tuberculosis was localized, OF
| confined to one portion of the animal
the test proved correct in 10 per cent
! of cases. 1t will thus be seen that only
{. very few cases are recorded where
an animal Is slaughtered that does no,
| show. upon investigation, that tuher-
culosis existed,
/ Many animals that are fat and show
no signs of diseases when slaughtered
are found to have the dread disease.
Contagious in Cattle.
! DR.. Ferneyhough says that tuber-
culosis is highly contagious in a herd
| OF cattle Il the cows are stabbed to-
sether in n close house. He advocates
! buildings left open to the south and
! allow thS cattle the freedom of such
! stables.
| The State veterinarian Is bitterly OPP
| posed to the stanchion method Of
! combining cows in II stable and says
the cramped condition In which they
ara kept Is largely responsible for the
spread of lung diseases, as the ami
Iqals' lungs cannot work freely In the
unnatural positions they are kept IN
by use of the stanchion.
DR.. F'erneyhouGh strongly recon-
mends the open air conditions for
cattle and while he admits that less
milk will be gotten in cold weather
under such conditions. the animal Is
~ hAff md lie III v,sr