The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20
Chief PatholoQist of Animal Industry
 Bureau at Washington Gives His Views on Epidemic

4s,xs ,ses,,lt of the yrddespread out break of foot and mouth d1sease among cattle according to expert opinion in the department of asr1c1ii- lure sEl1t all meats should be well cooked and all milk should be boiled, accorddng to the New York .sTInres." "
 ssSge have had outbreaks of loot and mouth disease in this country from time to time during the last fifty years ! but none to approach the present one in seriousness and extent Of spread, said Dr. John R. 1Gohler. chief pa&anol- oeist of the bureau of ax1rnal industry in yvVashington. to a correspondents
 On the worst of previous occasions not more than four states had to be gquarautined: this time the drast1n pre- oaut fonary measure has been extended to fifteen states forbfdding the inter state transpor tat1on or export Of cat tie. sheep, swine. the hides and fhoofs |of such animals. hay, straw etc
 source Unkn6ysns
 .sVvs have no means or knowing from what source the epidemic ordgi- naHy started It was at Niles, Mich, ana invest1gatfon proves that 1t has spread over a large part of the Middle West Among the states already qs1ar-s anttned are New York, New Jersey, and Delaware, ehusetts and Rhode Island Pennsya vania and Mary
 
 E by infected cattle into Montana- 1Housewives have no need to fear diseased meat in the naaxakets. Tn the drst place. we are rapidly Ri filing off and buryins all animals affected lby the compIaint. Secondly even though such meat were to lind it's way l to so1nebodyss table. it would be harm less unless eaten raw. Cooking kills lthe germs
 Bon Babaes EEi1k
 l tsom the other hand. people in the. Iduaram4aned areas would do we'll to boil their n,zll especially that which is given to babies Raw milk derivad from cows sick with foot and mouth ddisease is dangerous. Boiling is an Ieasy precaution and well worth talk l ing
 Nobody knows where foot and Imouth disease originated, but it has Ibeen herman emily estabaished in Eu- rope for centuries and from that Isource it has been repeatedly intro fduced into the United States. Tn one Inotewort1y fnstance, however, the se- Irions epidemic Of 1898. it appears to I have been imported from Japan
 Highly oontagioua.
 l The malady is ise known as Isapathoza fever or eczema epizco- fica- It Is a highly Contagious lever bcaused by bacterial germ that has I new CT been identified (proba1oly for the l reason that it IS toe small to be seen l by the highest nafcroseope), and it's most claaracts1dstic synptozn is an 1eruption Of blisters in the mouth
 around the feet aeove the hoofs. and sl bAhMeen the toes I MAathoneh Regarded as in particular a disease Of cattle, it readily attacks
 hogs also. as well as sheep and goats. The buffa1o, the camel the deer, the
 nlois the llama the antelope and q the giraffe are sub5ect to the come zl piaint- Horaes, dogs, cats, and even
 poultry sometime acquire the infec-
 tions and help mportantly to spread
 ..Msan himself is not immune, and ! human beings in many iustances suf- q fer from foot and mouth disease { lchildren especially, as result Of Fdn1xing milk from infected cattle. ltAdu1ts W7ao coma into contact with lsick animals are liable to contract the lmaIady Tn such cases the symptoms iresennble those observed in cattle There is fever and difficulty in swal- lowing, followed by an eruption ol IbIfsters in the mouth and occasiona1Iy
 seadoan in United States
 .s.T1e disease has appeared so seldom : I in the United states, and outbreaks o1 5 i 1t have been so restricted in theil lspread. that the great losses which il lt f 6stfQI6C18hI60 lpeople- They have had no experience Iof an epidemic Of sufficient magnitude to iHustrate it's serious character I78fprts have been made to show thal the ma1ady was mild with a relativels i lsnlau deathrate, and some surpr1se has been expressed at the adoption of sllcF lradicaI measure as slaughter Ths : promuIga1fon Of such views, founded
 upon dgnorance has had the effect 0.
 arousing 2 certain amount Of opposi 3 ton to the work Of stamping out tit Idisease on previous occasions, hinder ? ing it's progress and even Jeopardizins , it's success
 Common in Europe.
 ssIn Europe on the other hand there has been abundant opportunit. z Ito become familiar with the disease l which in that part of the world Is nov dreaded more than any other BhicI : affects the farmers livestock. Evel
 in the mildest outbreaks. when only ] or 3 per cent of the grown animal . die. there are incidental sources Q loss much mora important Afrectes
 lcows cease to give milk and the dffi1 tcuIty Of chewing the food causes
 irapdd and extreme loss Of flesh. Tn : I uddera often become inflamed an, : ruined by the formation of abscesses f inflanr1ation of the feet may caals : the horn to drop from the toes. perma : Inently fn5uring tho animal Aftogethe 3 there may be a loss of 20 to 50 pc t lcent. of the value of the cattle Sometimes foot and mouth diseas z assumes a malignant character, caus r ing the death of 5 to 50 per cent 0 ; the adult animals and 50 to 30 pc z cent of the sucklings. This has hap
 lpened within the last few years i t Germany the resulting losses beini
 much greater than from a1I other con e. ;ltagious ma1adies of cattle combined J In some sections the cattle have bee  . . many farms losing from third t lhan of their stock. Observations of tn : Eznalady in European countries, indeed ,s lofhers striking warning of the disas v trous effects which might follow tn Is spread of this dangerous infection owe