The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-06
CHAMBERS EASILY
TRANSMITTED TO
THE HUMAN ANIL
CONTACT WITH HARNESS,
COMBS, BRUSHES OF DISEASED
ANIMALS Is DANGEROUS.
The SYMPTOMS Are DESCRIBED
Laws of the State Are Very Strict
Regarding the Handling and Re.
movaI of Stock So Affected--Ani-
mails to Be Appraised and Killed.


(By Geo. r. White, M. D., D. V. s.,
State Live Stock Inspector.)
Chambers is a contagious disease of
the horse, transmitted directly from
horse to horse and from horse to man
by contact with the glandered ami
NAL itself, or cars, curry combs, bril-
dies, brushes, halters or harness
which have become infected by dis
charges from the diseased animal. In
the horse CHAMBERS runs both an
acute and chronic course, and the le-
sions of the disease are principally
confined to the Emphatic system
and the mucous membrane of the
nose. In man, the disease develops
In the acute form and death ensues
In from five to twenty days. 1t is
one of the most dealy of all human
diseases and one of the most loath-
some of all animal diseases. When
the disease manifests itself in the
skin by presenting nodules which
later break down and become ulcers
it is known as "Farcy."
Chambers is a germ disease caus-
ed by the Bacillus Mallei which was
first isolated and described in the
year 1882.
Symptoms-Profuse nasal dis
charge. This discharge is sticky or
tar like in consistency and darkish
in color. 1t usually sticks around the
nostril Of the animal. If the nostril
be raised and the interior of the nose
viewed there Is usually observed sew
eral small nodules, and ulcers on the
septum division between the nasal
chambers(. The diseased animals
often cough, breathe irregularly or
present other evidences Of broken
wind" The glands under the jaws
become indurated and hardened, how
ever, tehre is little or no swelling OF
these glands. / desire to direct es-
pecial attention to the following Sec
tions of state regulations pertaining
to CHAMBERS:
Section SO. No person, firm or cor
poration shall allow any animal af-
fected with CHAMBERS or suspected of
being affected with CHAMBERS, or which
has been recently exposed to CLAN
ders, to run at large or stray upon or
be moved over any public road, COM
mon or range, or be given water at
any public fountain or trough in Ten
nessee.
Section 49, Before animals pre-
senting clinical symptoms and LESSONS
of CHAMBERS are appraised or killed at
county expense, the animal must first
be examined and the case pronounc-
ed CHAMBERS by graduated and Ii
censes veterinary surgeon. When
practicable it is desired the that vet
Urinary surgeons diagnosis be con-
firmed by either the complementfiXa-
ton or the agglutination blood test
as made by the United States bu-
reau of animal industry. No animal
not presenting clinical symptoms or
LESSONS of CHAMBERS and no suspect
ed case of CHAMBERS" shall be apprais-
ed and killed at county expense un-
less and until the blood shows posi-
tive to either the experimentation
or the agglutination test as made by
the United State bureau of animal in
dustry. When an animal reacts to
the Mallein test, and a diagnosis of
CHAMBERS Is made based thereon, the
animal must be handled as a suspect
until the blood shows positive to eth
er the complementfixation test or the
agglutination test as made by the
United States bureau of animal indus
try. Animals which are known to
have been exposed to CHAMBERS may
be isolated and placed in quarantine
for sufficient time to permit the in
lection to devlop.
Section 80. No person, firm or cor
poration shall deliver for transporta-
ton, receive for transportation or
transport any animal or animals af-
fected with CHAMBERS to any other por-
ton of Tennessee.