The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1913-07-12
ANTHRAX RAGING;
! KNOWN AS CHARg||I

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Dr.. E. N. Ranck, State vetermariaa, Iastructs
Farmers How 10 Check and Treat the JJisease.
Agricultural College, Miss, July g..
e. M. Rancy, stats veterinarian, has,
in view of the outbreak of charbon, or
anthrax, among animals, issued letter,
in which he gives preventive measures
which may be taken by the farmers and
stock men; also how to treat infected
beasts, together with Instructions to de-
stroy by cremation all carcasses to sti-
file the spread of the disease.
Anthrax-This is disease that at
tacks all warm -blooded animals, includ
ing man. Cattle are susceptible to it,
and great losses have been recorded in
this State from this terrible plague. 1t
| is caused by germ which is very
hard organism to kill. In the growth
of the germ it forms what is called
spores, and these spore forms will stand
temporary boiling, freezing and ordi-
nary weak antiseptics without being
killed. There is no cure for this dis
ease. The other name for it is sschar-
bon", which is the French interpreta-
ton. The Germans call it "milzbrand".
| The way to stamp this disease out of
a community is to vaccinate all animals
that have been or which are liable to be
exposed to the disease. This vaccine is
made by weakening or alternating the
germs. It is made in two forms, which
are usually called No. and No. 2,
These vaccines are tested so that No.
will usually kill small mouse, but not
a guinea pig. No. 2 is usually made
to kill small guinea pig, but not
rabbit. These vaccines are put on the
market as commercial products by a
number of biological firms, and they
are, as rule, effective and protective.
1t must be remembered that some ami
mails are very susceptible to the disease,
and it has been known that these vac
cines will, under exceptional circum-
stances, produce the disease, and in
very rare instances may kill. There is
levery reason to believe il these vaccines
are properly made and used judiciousIy
lby competent people they will plove
defective in stamping out the disease.
They are given from five to ten days
Iapart, direction should be followed
Iclosely, and from i've to ten days after
tttx< -. A.
lis protected against this disease for
lfrom six months to year, and in most
instances longer.
/ Horses and mules can be worked dur
ling the period of vaccination, and cows
Igiving milk are cafe 80 far as milk ia
concerned, unless the animal has been
exposed to the disease, in which event
lit is not we'll to use the milk until ten
days after the second vaccine has been
given, Any animals that die from this
disease should not be dragged any great
distance over the roads where other
stock may travel, but should be placed
on door or winuow shutter and placed
on slide and dragged over the ground,
so that the carcass does not touch the
earth. The reason for this is that when
an animal dies from this disease blood
usually comes from the natural OPEN
ings, and this blood will remain infec-
tious for a long time and give the dis
ease to other animals walking along the
path made by dragging the carcass.
The proper way to dispose of dead ami
mails is to burn them. The best wav to
do this is to dig trench as long as is
necessary for the number of animals to
be burned and about four feet deco and
four feet wide. A trench is better than
a simple hole, as it requires sufficient
air current under the wood to fan the
flames. The trench can be quickly
made with plow and scraper, using a
chain long enough to let the team walk
on level ground while the implements
can do the work. This trench should
be filled with dry stumps or wood and
iron bars or green poles placed across
the trench and the carcasses placed on
these bars or poles, more dry wood
placed on top of the carcasses, the en-
tire mass saturated with kerosene and
burned. When the carcass starts to
burn the fat from the animal adds more
fuel to the flames. The trench makes q
draft SO that the heat will stay under
the carcasses and require much less
time and material to burn it in this way
and in case few oharred bones remain
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and the dirt piled over them and other
material rendered safe by the flames
also thrown in the hole.
/ Buzzards and other animals will drag
infection over the entire country. Do
not throw these carcasees in the river.
as they may float for miles and drift il,
some eddy and remain there, and start a
new place of infection. There are four
of this disease-the peracute, where
they fall dead without any pevious indi-
cations; the acute. where they last for
several hours, and die suddenly; the
subacute, where they may last as loup
as twelve hours and die, and the chronic
which is usually brought about by fly
bites and other external causes. This
form is very common in an outbreak of
the disease In animals which are PARTIAL
| ~ immune and sometimes may recover
without any treatment. This has given
rise to great many people making the
statement that charbon can be cured. |
and all sorts Of torturous and barbarous
methods have been employed, which |
has done nothing more than make the
poor animal suffer unnecessary pain.
Where an outbreak of this disease |
occurs everybody should see that the
carcasses are cremated at once. Do not |
allow post-mortem examinations to be |
made If an examination Ii tn I1n made i