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altogether. Strings Of saliva hang
from the mouth, and flesh is lost with
astonishing rapidity. When the udder
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is seriously affected the milk be-
comes contaminated and may cause
serious results to sucking calves and
young pigs. In mild cases from 10
to 20. days may bring about an APP
parent recovery, but this time may
be greatly extended. Moreover, an
apparent recovery by no means im-
Pie. 0 "a cEre. The animal may
carry the virus in it's blood for wear
Or more and is liable during all this
time to spread the contagion or to ex-
perience a recurrence itself. The
mortality, considering the serious
ness of the disease and the losses it
occasions, is very small, being esti7
mated by some authorities at 5 per
cent, although it frequently is much
greater than this. The mortality,
however, by no means represents the
real losses occasioned by the disease.
Nc revenue is possible from infected
herds, and in the case of dairymen an
outbreak Of foot-andmouth disease
frequently means that their business
is completely ruined. Blooded or
other cattle that have become sick
with the disease naturally lose their
value as breeding animals. It is,
however, impossible to get rid of the
disease by ignoring it. The only pos
.sible remedy is to kill off infected
herds, disinfect the premises, and be-
gin over again.
What the disease means to those
countries where it has gained real
grip is shown by the fact that on it's
last serious. outbreak in Germany the
German Government spent S2,000,000
III fighting it. In 1890 official statis-
tics showed that in the German En-
lpire 431,235 head of cattle, 230,666
sheep and goats, and 153,S09 swine
were affected with the disease. Dur
ing the same year the pestilence ra-
| vaged live stock in France, Italy, Bel
GUM, Austria-Hungary, Switzerland
| Roumania, and Bulgaria. In 1888
it was estimated that the disease cost
England $5,000,000. On the occa-
sion of the last outbreak in the Unit
ed States in 1908 100000 were ap-
propriated by ongress, and with the
! exception of a few hundred dollars il
spent i'll stamping out the dis
This Of course does not in
the indirect loss caused by the
ruption of business and ,othe,
/ facrors.
] While the Federal Government is
lactiye in fighting the disease through
It's power to control interstate com.
merce, cooperation on the part Of
the State authorities is most essen.
tial. The quarantining individually
Of infected farms Is state matter
and it is, of course, most essentia
precaution. Farms on which the dis,
lease has broken out should be as
rigidly quarantined as if some con;
tagious human disease had beer
found. Since the germs can be trans
ported by cats, dogs, chickens, or hu.
man beings, nothing should be allow
ed to leave the farm until the proper
dlsinfecting measures have been taxi
Ell. In particular, farmers are surg,
ed to keep away themselves, and Il
assist in keeping others away, fron
1 all infected animals. J, The inspectors
! who do the slaughtering and disin
fecting are supplied with the neces'
sary equipment Of rubber gloves
coats, boots and hats. which can b
thoroughly disinfected as often as
necessary. Others who lacks r1ls
equipment merely help in spreading
the disease over the country Whe1
they visit or inspect sick animals.