The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-11-19

liar Indications appear upon the Feet.
which are swollen, red, and tender.
Because of this the animal frequent
ly persists in lying down, and bed
sores develop with much rapidity.
In the case OF cows the udder and.
more frequently, the teats are affect
ed by similar eruption.
Once the disease is we'll establish
ed 1t becomes so painful for the AMI
NAL to eat that food Is frequently
refused altogether. Strings of sail
va hang from the mouth, and flesh
is lost with astonishing rapidity.
When the udder is seriously affected
the milk becomes contaminated and
may cause serious results to suck
ling calves and young pigs. In mild
cases from ten to twenty days may
bring about an apparent recovery.
but this time may be greatly extend
ed. Moreover, an apparent recovery
by no means implies a real cure.
The animal may carry the virus in
its blood for year or more and is
liable during all this time to spread
the contagon or to experience a re"
currence itself. The mortality, con
sidering the seriousness Of the dis
ease and the losses 1t occasions, IS
very small, being estimated by some
authorities at per cent, although it
frequently is much greater than
this. The mortality, however, by no
means represents the real losses oc-
casioned by the disease. No revenue
is possible from infected herds and
in the case of dairymen an outbreak
of foot and mouth disease frequently
means that their business is COM
pletely ruined. Blooded or other
cattle that have become sick with
the disease naturally lose their val
ue as breeding animals. It is, how.
ever, impossible to get rid of the dis
ease by ignoring it. The only pos
sible remedy Is to kill Off infected
herds, disinfect the promises, and
begin over again.
What the disease means to those
countries where it has gained a real
grip Is shown by the fact that on it's
last serious outbreak in Germany the
German government spent $4,000 900
in fighting 1t. In 1890 official Stats
tics showed that in the German EN-
pire 43l,235 head OF cattle, 230.S6S |
sheep aid goats. and 153,S0S swine
were affected with the disease. Dur
ing the same year the pestlence raw.
aged live stock in France, Italy, Bel |
GUM, Austria Hungary, Switzerland, |
Roumania, and Bulgaria. In 1888 1t |
was estimated that the disease cost
England 100000. On the occasion
of the last outbreak in the United |
States in 1908 100000 was appointed
by Congress and with the exception
OF few hundred dollars It was spent
In stamping out the disease. This
of course does not include the indi-
rect loss caused by the interruption
of business and other factors.
While the Federal government is
active in fighting the disease through
its power to control interstate CON-
merce, cooperation on the part OF the
State authorities is most essential.
The quarantining individually Of in
fected farms Is State matter, and
1t is, of course, a most essential pre-
caution. Farms on which the dis
ease has broken out should be as
rigidly quarantined as IL some con-
tagious human disease had been
found. Since the germs can be
transported by cats. dogs. chickens,
or human beings, nothing should be
allowed to leave the farm until the
proper dsinfecting measures have
been taken. In particular. farmers
are urged to keep away themselves,
and to assist in keeping others away
from all infected animals. The In
spectors who do the Strengthening and
al. a..