The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-08-29
the infection if they did not first OBJ

the infection if they did not first OBJ
tain the Charlton blood in the manner
mentioned. This would suggest, there
fore, the protection of all sick Charlton
animals from flies and the absolute
destruction at once of all Charlton car
casses. And this latter not only ap-
plies in the case of flies, but to all
other carriers that may come in con.
tact with the diseased and virulent
blood and tissues. 1t is the blood of
the Charlton victim that contains the
germs in such vast numbers and
through which the infection is spread.
Hence the tremendous Importance of
totally destroying the infected carcass,
as 1t is from this source that fresh
areas of infection occur from year to
year.
/ The two main points to be observed
in the treatment of Charlton are ~
vaccination to protect the animals,
and (2) the careful sanitary disposal
! of all carcasses which die suddenly
during the summer season and gen.
eral disinfection.
In Charlton sections of the state vac
cination ought to be practiced early
every spring, Charlton or no chapbon,
so as to allow at least thirty days for
the animals to become immune be-
fore the Charlton season sets in And
while vaccination may be done at any
time, in an emergency by far the best
results are obtained from regular early
incubation, not later, perhaps, than
the first of March. That is to say, the
first lymph of the double-dose vaccines
should be given not later than the date
mentioned, as the disease does not
usually break out before the first of
April.
We would like to strongly empha-
size this point. The writer has been
over good section of the Charlton
area the present summer and the in
formation received has been that the
great majority of deaths from Charlton
have occurred in animals that were
mot vaccinated or vaccinated during
the Charlton outbreaks. On the other
hand, where vaccination had been
practiced every year, early in the
spring, in fact made a part of the
regular spring work, so to speak, the
disease seems to have had very little
effect, Notwithstanding the wide area
of infection the present summer.
The treatment of Charlton means the
control Of the infection, rather than
the treatment of individual animals
In fact, while such treatment is being
carried out, the infection may be per-
mitted to spread through ignorance of
the danger of the blood and other dis
charges that may issue from the
patient.
In it's last analysis the control of
Charlton infection is, in reality, stock
owners problem. That is to say, there
lis no one individual, local or state in
lstitution, that can effectively handle
the situation without the cooperation
| of the individual stock owner in assist
| ing to rigidly enforce and carry out
the sanitary regulations of our state
institution, created for the purpose,
the State Live Stock Sanitary Board.
Regulations have been carefully pre-
pared by the State Live Stock Sanitary
Board to try to meet conditions with
respect to all infectious and contagious
diseases of animals, but without the
earnest and hearty cooperation of the
stock owners themselves, success is
very difficult of attainment, if not i'm
possible. To make the greatest head
way in the control of a disease of the
nature of Charlton, where the infection
is capable of living outside the body of
animals affected by it and create fresh
trouble in the future when climatic
conditions are favorable, the co-opera.
ition of everybody concerned must be