The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-18
DOGS CARRY DISEASE.
A Great Many Infections are Due to the
Canine.

!. A Great Many Infections are Due to tn
. Canine.
The dog in the country is useful an
pleasant adjunct to the farm if he
! properly controlled and cared for, bu
|. when neglected, may readily become
E carrier Of disease to stock, in addition
t to gaining opportunity to kill sheep ant
| destroy gardens and other property. Dol
ordinances, as general rule, have beer
I intended chiefly to curb the dogs pow
er of doing harm by attacking, biting
killing or RUNNING sheep or stock. The
part that he plays as a carrier of dis
ease to animals only recently has beer
recognized, according to the zoologist,
OF the department of agriculture, who
believe that when this is better under.
stood, rural ordinances and laws which
lessen this danger will gain the support
of the community.
OF the diseases carried to stock by
dogs, the foot and mouth disease Is prob
ably of the greatest interest at this
time. In this case the dog acts as a
mechanical carrier of infection. The dog
which runs across an infected farm easily
may carry in the dirt on his feet the
virus OF this most contagious of animal
diseases to other farms and thus spread
the disease TO the neighboring herds. In
infected localities it Is absolutely essen
tial, therefore, to keep all dogs chained
and never TO allow them off the farm
except on leash.
There are, however, many other mala-
dies in the spread of which the dog takes
an active part. In bulletin 300 of the
United States department of agriculture.
The Dog as Carrier of Parasites and
Disease il il pointed out that rabies,
hydatid, ringworm, favus, double -pored
tapeworm, roundworm, and tongueworm
are often conveyed to human beings in
this way. II occasionally happens also
that the dog helps heas and ticks in
transmitting bubonic plague or the dead
ly spotted fever.
Hydatid disease is caused by the pres.
ence in the liver, kidneys, brain, lungs.
and other organs, of bladder worm or
larval tapeworm Bladder worms are
often as large as an orange and NAV be
larger. A dog which is allowed 10 feed
on csrrion or the raw viseera of slaugh-
tered animals may eat all or part of
bladder worm containing numerous tape.
worm heads. These tapeworm heads De.
velop into small segmented tapeworms in
the intestines of the dog. The tapeworms
in turn develop eggs which are passed |
out in the excrement of the dog. They !
are spread broadcast on grass and in |
drinking. water where animals can very
well eat them and thus become infected. 1
The hog Is particularly liable 10 this dis.
ease because OF its roofing habits. The
eggs may get into human food, and per-
sons who allow dogs TO lick their hands
and face also run the risk of getting the
eggs Of the tapeworm in their system.
Prevention on the farm consists in so
restraining the dog that be can not get
at carrion or raw viscera. Yiscera
should be boiled before being fed 20
dogs and should never be thrown on the
fields. II not cooked and fed. viscera
and carcasses should be burned, buried
with lime, or 50 disposed Of as not to be
aocessible 20 dogs. Proper feelings OF
he dog is essential, and the owner who
Toes not feed a dog properly has no
light 10 keep one.
The parasites which causes gid in
'heep somewhat resemble the hydatid
worm. A dog allowed 20 eat the brain
q a giddy sheep may swallow this
'arasite and later distribute the eggs 81
he resulting tapeworm over the pasture.
sheep while grazing swallow the eggs
With the grass which they eat. In tie
ase Of sheep dogs il Is important 10 ad
Minister vermifuges often enough 20
fLaas. Il A..
ase Of sheep measles, the bladder worm
D the meat. typical Of this disease, IL
wallowed BY the dog and again the tape
form eggs are passed BY the dog 10
rass or water, and there are eaten by
heep.
OF the external parasites which dogs
ray carry 20 animals. feas and the rari-
us kinds ~ ticks are both troublesome
ID dangerous. The remedy il clear. The
~ner must keep bic dog dean. not mere.
: for the comfort and happiness II the
~. hut o. prevent IL from becoming
csrrier Of disagreeahls and dangerous
srmin.
These reasonable measures important
the stoek IN the farm. have a direct
'nnectian With the health - the fam
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