Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-09

anCnrax, ana the Germans call 1t
"miltzbrand."
The way to stamp this disease
out of a community is to vacci-
nate all animals that have been
or that are liable to be exposed
to the disease. This vaccine is
made by weakening or attenuat-
ing the germs. It is made in two
forms which are usually called
No. l and No. 2. These v~accines
are tested so that No. l will u.s.
ually kill a small mouse but not a
guinea pig, and No. 2 so that it
will usually kill a small guinea
pig but not a rabbit. These vac
cines are put on the market as
commercial products by a num-
Der of biological films and they
are, as a rule, protective. It
must be remembered that some
animals are very susceptible to
the disease and it has been known
that these vaccines will, under
exceptional circumstances, pro-
duce the disease and in very rare
instances kill. There is every
reason to believe that if these
vaccines are properly made and
used judicially by competent peo-
pie, they will prove effective in
stamping out the disease. The
doses are given from five to ten
days apart, directions should be
followed closely, and from five to
ten days after the second vaccine
is given the animal is protected
against this disease for from six
months to a year, and in most in
stances, longer. Horses and
mules can be worked during the
period of vaccination, and cows
giving milk are safe so far as the
milk is concerned unless the ami
NAL has been exposed to the dis.
ease, in which event it is not well
to use the milk unless ten days
after the second vaccination.
Animals that die from this dis
ase should not be dragged a ny
great distance over the roads
where other stock will travel,
but should be placed on q door or
window shutter, or on a slide,
and dragged in such a way that
the carcass will not touch the
earth. This precaution is neces-
sary as blood usually comes from
the natural openings of an ami
NAL that has died from this dis
ease to other animals walking
along the path made by dragging
the carcass.
The proper way to dispose of
dead animals is to burn them.
The best way to do this is to dig
a long trench as long as is neces-
sary to accommodate the number
of animals to be burned and
about four feet deep and four
feet wide. A trench is better
than simply a hole, as sufficient
air current under the wood is re-
quired to fan the flames. The
trench can be quickly made with
a pillow and scruper, using chain
long en0uuh to let the team walk
on level ground while the imple-
ments are drawn through the
trench. Iron bars or green poles
should be placed across the
trench and the carcasses placed
on the bars or poles. The trench
should be filled with dry stumps
or wood and more dry wood plac-
ed on top of the carcasses, the
entire mass saturated with kero-
sene and burned. When the car
cass starts to burn the fat from
the animal adds more fuel to the
flames. A draft is created in the
trench so that the cremation will
not require much time and ma
terial. In case a few charred
bones remain they should be
dropped into the trench. all blood
and other material thro Hn into
the hole, and the dir plled over
them.
Buzzards and other animals
will spread the infection over the
entire country. Do not throw
carcasses into the river as thew
may float for miles and drift into
some sheltered place, remain
there and become a new source
of infection.
There are four stages of the
disease: the peracute, where tie
animals fall dead without anv
previous indications: the acute.
where they last for several hours
and then die, and the chronic. !
which is usual brought about by
fly bites and other external
causes, as infected harness. etc.
This form is very common dur
ing an outbreak Of the disease in
animals which are partially i'm