Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06
MENINGITIS. KILLING
KANSAS HORSES.


, western Kansas. Expert veterinar-
jais at the Kansas agricultural col
lege announced this last Sunday az
Ter a very careful study Of the d.
sease in the field and IN the Iabla-
tory. The department bacteriolcg.st
has discovered a germ which, it is
believed; causes the disease, and this
germ rs very similar to the one
which causes .cerebro-spinal meningi- |
tbs in human beings. The germ, when
injected into guinea-pig, caused
death within forty-eight hours. It is
known technically as diplo-coccus.
Because of the fact that the germ
has been isolated; it is believed that
the present outbreak is infectious
. but not contagious. In addition to the
Psychological examinations of the
abnormal fluids surrounding the brain
spinal cord, the urine and the blood,
clinical and post morton examira-
tons were made. All lessons learned
in this work point to the fact that
the disease is meningitis. Further
Investigation along meteorological
lines is needed and is being made by
the college. An effort now is being
" made to produce a serum with which
: TO combat the disease.
st is our opinion" said DR.. R. R.
Dykstra, chat diseased animals con-
Saminate the food and water supply.
Healthy animals contract the d.
seage' by taking tn, germ into their
systems with this contaminated food
and water. Basipg our conclusions
on these findings. we make the fol-
lowing recommendations for the pre-
TeltiOn of the ditesse:
Remove al! litter and rubbish fro,l
the barn yard or corral, and from tie
managers. Thoroughly scrub out all
. water buckets, troughs and tanks.
Ddsinfect all these premises and con-
tadners by applying a liberal applica-
ton of SOM reliable, disinfectant,
such as rrdicsry dip, .vO per cent
earbolic ACID, etc.
Remove all horses from their a.
eustOmed feeding o. grazing places
and place them in the disinfected
eorrals or barns. Feed them green
corn fodder. green. sillage and oil
cake meal, or any food that has a
laxative acEloG. Every time the hors
Is watered, from one-haf to one tea.
spoonful of permanganate of potash
should be put in each bucketful Of
water. Horses should be kent away
IRON diseased animals, and all arti
eles or places that have come in Cd
, rect contact with these animals
should be Immediately disinfected
Horses should be kept from pasture
till cooler weather begins. Diseased
! horses should have a separate atten.
dant and all water buckets and ether
utensils used for sick horses should
be kept away from healthy animals
These measures should be thorough
av caTried out, as half-hearted at
tempts are useless.
Most of the affected horses die
But curative measures will hell
some. The following have given the
best results:
Keep the animal in a shady place
Place on top CT the head cold packs
either Of ice o: water. Or this mix
ture may be used: One pound of clau
Der salt, one pound of ordinary sab
and one pound of salt petre. To
these shOuld be added a small guam
uty OF viRgar, Do not drench at
:tected animals, as the throat is para
gEed and they cannot swallow
9drenching will therefore result il
hung fever. Every two or three hour
inject into the rectum about one-hall
gallon of cold water, and three OIL
3 Jour times daily inject in the same
way, .sOmeo milk to which has been
Q auded 'two or three well beaten
ggs."
, infomatiOnSOn the progress Of the
work being done by the college may
be obtained by writing to the veten.
nary department.
The theory Of the state veterinar.
lans that the horse disease now at
lacking horses is meningitis has beer
sthe one held by DR.. Ray Russell Of
this city for more than a week and
DE has affected several cures. The
principal thing for horse owners to
90 is to look out for infection, to
clean the stables and yards, use dis
} infectants and feed plenty Of green
feed to act as laxative. A great
many new cases have been reported
during the last few days.
4 5aEy liver leads to chronic dys-
1eDSia and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tha