Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-11-13

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tie, swine and sheep exceeded in area
effected any of the five previous out
breaks in this country" Unless it can
he localized and eradicated immediate.
ly, he said, it threatened untold losses
among live stock
$50 contagious is the disease said
the Secretary, chat in past outbreaks
where but one animal in the 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 ami
mails that recover, are such as TO
make them practically useless,
at is possible to cure the external
symptoms, but during the process OF
attempting to cure one sick animal the
chances are that hundreds Of others
may be infected. The treatment or
killing Of single animal in a herd
was tried in an outbreak, and did not
prove effective
veterinary authorities Of the Unit
ed States are agreed that the only
method Of combating the disease is
TO stop all movement OF stock and ma
tcrial which have been subjected to
ANY danger of infection, and to kill off,
without delay, all herds in which the
disease has gained any foothold
"In some cases, because human be-
/ ings can carry the disease to other
herds the State authorities have pre-
vented children of infected farms from
attending school.
"At present the chief danger lies in
the possibility Of there being conceal
ed sources of infection. Every effort
is being made by State and Federal
authorities not only to trace sus-
picious shipments, but to convince
farmers Of the seriousness of the dis
ease, and to urge upon them TO report
to State or Federal authorities all
suspicious cases or sore mouths or
lameness."
The origin of the present extensive
outbreak is not definitely known, but
from bulletin issued by the United
States Live Stock Sanitary Associa-
ton, dated Oct 30, 1914, II is sus-
pected to have originated from ship
ments of hides from water buffaloes
from the Philippines, or tanning ma
terials received at Niles, Mich, CD
tanneries from South America.
1.-THE disease is defined as an acute,
highly contagious fever Of specific
nature (due to specific virus), char
acterized by the eruption Of vesicles,
or blisters in the mouth, around the
coronets (skin at top of the hoofs),
and between the toes or claws.
"The animals mainly affected are
cattle, sheep, goats, other ruminants,
and swine, and the human being may
be attacked through contaminated ma
terials, such as milk for example, com
ing in contact with the mouth.
"The chief symptoms in cattle are;
High fever; inflammatory vesicles, or
blisters in the mouth, and a hot, pain
full swollen condition of the feet, which
in about twenty-four or forty-eight
hours is followed by the appearance
of numerous small blisters, varying
in size from that of a small pea to
that Of nut (hazelnut) on the udder
and feet and in the mouth.
"In sheep and swine the disease
may be localized entirely in the feet.
"The disease usually makes its APP
pearance in from three TO six days af-
ter the animal has been exposed to
the infection. AS soon as the ailment
has become we'll established, the ami
nal evinces pain when trying to eat
and frequently has to refuse food en-
tirely, opening and closing the mouth
with a characteristic smacking sound;
while strings of ropy saliva hang sus-
pended from the lips.
Natural infection often occurs di-
rectly where healthy animals come in
contact with affected cases in stables
pasture, or yards, and obtain the virus
upon the lining of the mouth. Indi:
rect tranmission, however, is Of much
greater Importance in the spread Of
the disease. The saliva which flows
from the mouth of the affected ami
NAL, and the contents Of the blisters
which develop on the feet, contaminate
food, drinking water, straw, floor Of
stable, pasture, highways, railroad
cars, etc, as well as the hands and
clothes of attendants. The virus is
accordingly disseminated by affected
animals during driving, railroad trans
portation, stabling, common watering
places, common pastures and yards
ALSO by manure, and raw animal pro
ducts, especially hides, wool and milk
may he looked nnon as carriers of the