The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-21
Dogs Carry Disease
Neeeeted Animals, Permitted to Run
at Large. May Become Carriers
Of Infection to Farm Animals

for, but when neglected may readily |
become a carrier Of disease to stock, |
in addition to gaining opportunity to |
kill sheep and destroy gardens ANA !
other property. Dog ordinances, as n |
general rule, have been intended |
chiefly to curb the dogs power of do
ing harm by attacking, biting, kill
ing, or running sheep or stock. The !
part that he plays as a carrier OF /
diseases to animals only recent has |
been recognized, according to the !
biologists of the department, who be-
lieve 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 probably of the greatest interest
at this time. In this case the dog
acts as mechanical carrier of infec.
ton 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 dis
ease to other farms and thus spread
the disease to the neighboring herds.
In infected localities it is absolutely
essential, therefore, to keep all dogs
chained and never to allow them off
the farm except on leash.
There are, however, many other
maladies in the spread of which the
dog takes an active part. In Bulletin
$50 of the department, THE Dog
Carrier of Parasites and Disease"
it Is pointed out that rabies, hydatid,
ringworm, roundworm, and tongue
worm are often as conveyed to hui
man beings in this way. 1t coca
siCnal'y happens also that the dog
helps neas and ticks in Transmitting
bubonic plague or the deadly spotted
fever.
Hydatid disease is caused by the
presence in the liver, kidneys, brain,
lungs, and other organs OF bladder
worm or larval tapeworm Bladder
worms are often as large as an or
ange and may be larger. "A dog
which is allowed to feed on carrion
or the raw viscera of slaughtered ami.
mails may eat all or part of a blad'
der worm containing numerous tape
worm heads. These tapeworm heads
develop into small segmented tape
/ s.,N Of ~
The tapeworms in turn develop egg
which are passed out in the excre'
ment of the dog. They are spread
! broadcast on grass and in drinking
water where animals can very wei
eat them and thus become infected q.
The hog is particularly liable to this
disease because of its roofing hab'
it's. The eggs may get into human
food, and persons who allow dogs to
lick their hands and face a'so run
the risk of getting the eggs OF the
tapeworm in their systems.
Prevention on the farm consists in
SO restraining the dog that the can
not get at carrion or raw viscera
Viscera should be boiled before be
ing fed TO dogs and should never be
thrown on the fields. If not cooked
and fed viscera and carcasses should
be burned, buried with lime or sc
disposed of as not to be accessible
to dogs. Proper feeding Of the dos
Is essential and the owner VINO does
not feed dog properly has no right
to keep one.
The parasite which causes gid II
sheep somewhat resembles the hyda
It'd worm. A dog allowed to eat tai
] brain Of a giddy sheep may swallow
, this parasite and later distribute tn
I eggs of the resulting tapeworm owe
e the pasture. Sheep while grazing
}, swallow the eggs with the grass TIA
v they eat. In the case OF sheep dog
g II is important to administer vermi
x fuge ofte nenough to keep them fire.
of these worms. In the case o
|. sneep measles the bladder worm II
d the meat, typical of this disease, 1
l. swallowed by the dog and again tn
Il tapeworm eggs are passed by the do
s to grass or water, and there are eat
r. en- by sheep.
9. or the external parasites whic
@ dogs may carry to animals, fleas an
@ the various kinds of ticks are bot
r. troublesome and dangerous. Tn
II remedy Is clear. The owner mus
n keep his dog clean, not merely 70
d the comfort and happiness OF tn
II dog but to prevent It from becomin
"a carrier of disagreeable and danger
Gus vermin.
These reasonable measures, impol
tant to the stock on the farm. hav
direct connection with the healt
OF the family. Where ringworm o
other skin diseases break ont anon