The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-03
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE

taasuFe OF tire present 0uE break
OF ioos-and mouth disease 10 shich
the Federal authorities attach much
Importance II che unpfecedsntly largs
nunbsr 81 nogs which have Teen
effected. Both actually and In pro.
portion 20 the total number " asi,
imais stFicksn, this has been aeh
larger than In any ~ the pFeyl4ua
outbreaks In this country. Tie cAisf
reason. the agthoritlss aay, Is tie
spread 0f tile infection through on
evoked skinned milk and other
creamery by-produeta returned IT, the
farms - he fed hogs. lnffcte1 gafb-
ags, u 10 thought, Ii also 81 be held
responsible for a pfFtlon ~ the lass.
In the epidemic Of 1907, tn shieh
Z. aal anlmala we're lost only 800 u
tbs total weFg hogs. The iosa III cat,
tie amounted 10 nearly n per cent III
siis total, that ia iIuEa 10 only PER
cent, and In other animals to only q
per cent. In the present epidemic,
heAevas, the Inss ia hogs has hsen
almost equal b. tuat Of cattle, each
being within . fraction u Al percent
uf IAe. is ANIMALS lost since tie
outbreak Of tts disease In Michigan
last fall, o., 7T6 were cattle, gs. g78
hogs, aud the remainder, 0,0sl - ep
and goats. Tie epidemic of ig0s
ta1d In this respect a. we'll as ia
time midway between those % tg02
aud 1914 In leos 60 per cent al the
i9as Aas IN cattle. 81 per cent In hops
aud approximately per cent 10 other
aulmals.
10 tie apsntoa Of specialists these
hau'ei 4 NOR stFate the necessity for
% IN rigid regulations III respect Ia
tne feeding " skinmed milk, simi.
lar dairy products and garbage. Since
lgua ereamsrles have hecoms much
more common and the danger b. the
country " their returning uupastaur
ittd milk 10 Tie farms has boe0mt
coFFespandingly greater. lu Michi.
gan, 10 has been dehnitely establish
ed that In the early days of ths out
hFeak the Infection was spread
through Skinned milk fen To hogs.
and there II every reason 10 bells VI
that tile same thing occurred ii
naaiheF VI other localities III Il easy
20 pasteurtas the skinned milk aud .
TIE extra expense II not Sntilcient b.
warrant THE neglect ~ this prusau.
ttoa. PasteuElsation has been shown
b he complets safeguard against
tine spread Of Eoot-and mouth disease
through milk, either 10 human be.
ings of 10 animals
TIE question OF Infected garhaeo IA
more diilenlt 30 handle, FoF hy 40
means all ~ tile meat In this cauutrg
II subject b. Federal inspection. la
many sections meat animals are
slaughtered locallY, Cooking will a..
atFny the foot ana mouth germ ~
that thia meat can he eaten without
bad results, but tile TRAININGS the
ska. lha fat, anil particularly the
which are thrown away Or
isd " hogs, may 10 II ths same time
nightly lntsetl0us
IN fhiladslphla tns disease has ~,
sensly appeared In several herds 81
sat hage fed hogs, and although Ii i
aos absolutely certain that the con.
IaglOu vas conveyed through this
neana, u seems quite possible that
. waA Tue sterilization OF garbage
lntsaded Tor hogs Il, therefore, like
lie passsuritatlan Of sktmmed mix
Ind similaF products. a very desirable
atecAasioa, In tAet, the Federal al.
hoFltisa DO not hesitate b. say tuat
experience in thls oatbreAk demon
Itlates Ghs need nf state legislation ,
~ thia subiess. In the absence ~
eglalastoa the farmer @la plshas u
- sure of his akimmsd milk Should
isii u after its return from the !
'fEamery, "a