American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-18

this temperature rise is seen a not
painful swelling at the point OF III
lection with well margined edge ana
corded lymphatic veins extending
from it in rencting animals. RMS
swelling is generally more than SIX
inches In dimeter and enlarges from
day 10 day in reacting animlas often
remaining visible until the fifth day
or longer. Other tests are ayailDlae
and are worked out particular
ly in a laboratory using blood from
suspected animals which. when from
an animal having CHAMBERS, cause a
cloudy precipitation or cOlorfng with
other substances used in this test.
Hence 1t can easily be seen that the
to-, for CHAMBERS is similar to that
for tuberculosis and 1t may here be
said that the two diseases bear a
certain similarity to one another.
Chambers runs such an acute course
In moist climates and the infection
kills such a great percentage Of the
equine family which it attacks, that
all known sanitary measures are will
lingly resorted to by owners of an
infected animal. Not SO with h
chronic type seen in the arid sec
lions of the west, particularly in
high attitudes where the natural in
fluences favorable to health have
weakened the infection or increased
the resistance Of the animal until
the disease assumes more of the ma
ture of a chronic Inconvenience. Ger
tain animals will apparently thrive
through in a state of mild infection.
Others will offer no symptoms other
than au intermittent nssal dis
charge and in general the stable of
infected animals, if well fed and
cated for, win gne good returns
in WoIk for theic owner. 1t is
cxactely this con 'ition that offers
the greatest obs .Iele to the Grad
icutIoL OF CHAMBERS srom animals in
eastern Oregon. Unqualified veteri-
narians have preyed Off of unsus-
pslting owners, using the presence
of this disease in animals as a
mean for permanent patients on
Nhich to ply their so regarded pro-
fession, they as well as the owner.
thinking his animals were infected
with some of the occasional epizoot-
les Of the horse. Not infrequently
have we had it forcibly brought to
our minds, what a great mistake
any state can make by licensing in
competent and unqualified persons
to attempt to treat our dumb brutes,
and who it will be found will al
most invariably not limit their treat
mer is to the more common diseases
and ailments OF domestic animals,
wnich 1t is presupposed upon the is
suing of their permits they will do.
A number of costly experiments
to horse breeders have come under
my limited observation in which an
unqualified veterinary practitioner has
the cause of wide spread infec-
tioh and ultimate great loss to the
stock owners. l can recite cases
where ~tranheaotomy tubes, tan in
strunent inserted through an incisio
the trachea or wind pipe to per-
NIT the animal to breath in case
an occlusiOn in the throat were
used by a permit practitioner in an
attempt to cure in two mules what
N'Ns 'hChStA wac a olhDUOI Ease OF
but which in fact was a
Of CHAMBERS from which some
thns like thirty horses received an
Another condition respon-
sible Tor the spread of CHAMBERS is
heavy contract work, such as grad
Ing. ditch building and railroad con-
struction work. Chambers find an in
vitng field in the lungs of horses
by great quantities of dust.
together with poor quarters. If
and stock owner desire to
keep free from this plague they will
1t all times observe carefully the
condition of all animals that ,hey
add to their stock, examining very
loosely the Emphatic glands under
he lower jaw; if hard. enlarged. at
.ached to the lower jaw or pendulou
not sensitive to the touch, thew
mould De examined by an expert
IL necessary be given the NAL
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