The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-20
sTRIcT ANIMAL QUARANTINE
,,pcrE SAM BARS WILD BEASTS
IRON THREE CONTINENTS.
D,,eaded MaIadies of Rinderpest,
! & surra and HoOf-and-Mouth Dis
80 Responsible for Barrier.

Surra and HoOI-ahu"NAou'n DA
$50 Responsible for Barrier.
owing to the prevalence in Europe,
~. ord Africa and the Philippines
g. three of the worst animal mala-
3ios known to naturalists-rlnder-
.,,rra and hoof-and-mouth dis
po Uncle Sam has declared
co. '.o,.antfne against wild beasts from
- countries. 1t is two years since
his quarantine went into enect
,aainst Europe, Asia and Africa ana
Ether a public geological garden
n circus proprietor or animal
1oa1ar can bring into the United
5to+as an animal from any place IN
10 three continents. There are TWO
,iraffes in Germany consigned to the
Nav York Geological Society which
,oyo been unable to find an entrance
g., months. The menagerie in Cen
vol Park, New York city, has IA
.ar,a1s in Europe which cannot be
brought in. The circuses and AMI
mol dealers have been hit particu-
IarIv hard. No orders can be filled.
Rinderpest, known as the cattle
o1ague is one of the most infectious
and fatal animal diseases. 1t is a
virulent fever, which runs its course
90 RAPIDLY and attacks such a large
nercentage of ruminantS when 1t is
Introduced into a country that from
the earliest times it has excited ter
ror, 1t is an Asiatic malady, and
has prevailed extensively in South
Rnssia Central Asia, China, Indo-
China. Burma, India, Persia, Ceylon
and the Indian archipelago.
The dread disease was carried in
n Europe as early as the fifth centu-
rv at the time of the invasion of the
harbarous tribes. Toward the end
Of the 18th century it worked its
wav into Africa. 1t appeared in
Egypt in 1874 and in 1865, in Abys-
sinnia in 1890, Japan in 1892 and
the Philippines in 1898. In 1870 it
destroyed nearly 100000 cattle in
France, 10000 in Alsace-Lorraine,
and 10000 in Germany. In 1877
an outbreak occurred in England.
It was in December, 1910, that the
rigid quarantine order was prOmul-
gated by the department of agricult
ure. and it went into effect immedi-
ately. At that time the hoof-and-
mouth disease, another ScOurge of
hoofed animals that is markedly ia
tai and contagious, broke out in an
30 fNrp1 in, Cnrrp M9nV
cases were discovered in German
states in October of that year. The
next summer it invaded France. The
Agricultural Society Of Rouen esti-
mated that the disease had affected
100000 head of cattle alone in Nor
mandy, and that the pecuniary loss
to farmers exceeded $3,0O0,000.
Hoof-and-mouth disease, or aph-
thous fever, takes longer to result
fatally than rinderpest. 1t generally
has a course of 81 days. The NOR
Cality is estimated at between 10 and
20 per cent, and, while most au-
thOrities hold that it is contagious
only among animals it is admitted
that the contagion can be spread by
microbes in the clothing of persons
who have come in contact with af-
feCted animals.
The Fatal Surra.
The quarantine against the Phil
ipDines has been in vogue for eight
years. The disease feared to be i'm
ported from that direction is surra,
likewise one of the most hated OF
animal diseases and also one of the
most fatal
Germany has developed one of the
most efficient departments for the
supervision of animals and the in
yestigation of outbreaks of disease.
In this country the duty devolves
upon the bureau of animal industry
of the United States department of
agriculture and the various state
boards of agriculture and state vet
erinaTians. The bureau of animal
Industry maintains inspectors and
special agents in various parts of the
country, and has charge of quaran-
tine regulations.