The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-11-12
NOGASES NOW IN THIS COUNTY
Great Caution Urged Upon Farmers i'll
Order to Prevent Spread of Conta-
gion-Fe Federal Government Sends Out
instructions For Prevention.

DIR. Roser, member of the Federal
Inspection bureau at Washington, has
established headquarters at Kenosha
AID is working out of this city in con-
junction with DR.. M. j. Higgins, who
represents the state veterinarian in
Kenosha. He is keeping close tab on
the cattle in this county which have
been exposed to foot and mouth disease.
DR.. Roser and DR.. Higgins have made
a round of all the farms in the county
on which it was thought that there was
danger of the development of the di-
sease and they report that not a single
case of the disease has developed on
any of the farms in the county thus
far.
There are six guarantees in the
county, said DR.. Higgins this morn
ing, 'but not a single head of cattle
in any of these herds has contracted
the disease. What we want to impress
on the farmers of Kenosha county is
the necessity of caution. Many herds
in the county have been exposed to foot
and mouth disease and our work is
along the line Of prevention. Some Of
the roads in the county have been in
fected by cattle suffering from the di-
.sease having been driven over these
roads. The b4ck pasture lot is an es-
pecially good place for cattle at this
time as there is less danger Of infec-
ton when - arc : 1eNg way
FROM tic road. Farmers should clean
up their barns and cattle sheds and use
plenty of disinfectant. Avoid water
ing cattle at running streams as far as
possible as these streams may carry in
lection from other counties into Ke-
nosha county. Post notices against
trespassing by hunters as it has been
shown that infection of the disease has
been carried onto farms in many cases
by hunters. Under the order of the
state veterinarian there can be no
shipping of cattle out of the county
without permits. It is wise plan to
call your veterinarian should the eat
tie show any indication of illness. Any
cattle apparently suffering from illness
or off their feed should be carefully
segregated and immediate notice Of
their condition should be sent to the Of
fcials that proper examination may be
made and proper steps taken to stop
the spread of the disease. This matter
is one of greatest interest to every
farmer in Kenosha county and with CO.
operation it is thought certain that an
epidemic of the disease may be pre-
vented in the county notwithstanding
the fact that many cattle have been
exposed to it. Federal and state inspec-
ton is now being maintained all over
the county and with extra caution on
the part of the cattle owners there
should be no great danger
The secretary of agriculture has is
sued the following statement regarding
the quarantine for foot and mouth
disease:
The present outbreak Of the foot and
mouth disease, which is one of the most
contagious and destructive diseases of
cattle, swine and sheep, exceeds in
area affected any of the five previous
outbreaks in this country. Unless the
infection can be Immediately localized
and quickly eradicated, 1T threatens I'M
told losses among live stock.
So contagious is the disease that in
past outbreaks where but one animal
in herd was infected, the entire herd
in almost all cases later contracted the
sickness. While the mortality is not
high the effects of the disease even on
animals that recover are such as TO
make them practically useless. They
lose flesh rapidly; in the case Of cows,
the milk dries up or is made dangerous
for human consumption; in the case of
breeding animals, the animal once in
fected becomes valueless for breeding,
as it may continue to be constant
carrier Of contagion.
It is possible to cure the external
symptoms, but during the process of at
tempting to cure one sick animal the
chances are that hundreds of others
may be infected. The treatment or
killing of a single animal in herd
was tried in an outbreak and did not
prove effective, for the reason that the
remainder of the herd soon become af-
fected and had to be killed.
As a result of the FIVE outbreaks in
this county, and other disastrous cpl
denies of the disease in Europe and
Great Britain, veterinary authorities of
the United States are agreed that he
only method of cnmhating the disease