The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-23
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN
DENMARK.

Hoard's Dairyman:-Since Novem-
Der, 1914, foot and mouth disease has
beon rampant amongst the Danish
dairy herds. Owing to the prevalence
of the disease no shows except horse
shows were held this summer. In Au-
gust, 1915, in the course of an inter
view, DR.. Bang, the famous Danish vet
Urinary surgeon, expressed himself as
follows with regard to the outbreak:
SIT is quite true that there is con-
siderable decline in the number of
herds attacked. 1T was as high as 800
in the week, now it is down to 63. But
even SO is an alarming number, so
that there is no reason for giving peo-
pie the impression that the danger is
past, because such is not the case. My
opinion is that if the disinfectlng is
olatng, and other measures adopted to
stamp out the disease are persisted in,
with unabated vigor there is hope OF
its speedy eradication. We should
learn from the experience of Schles-
wig and Holstein, where the disease
reached its height in March, 1910; i. e.,
800 herds of which 800 were attacked
during the previous fourteen days. In
June this number had declined to S33
herds of which 81 were attacked dur
ing the previous fourteen days, whilst
in July the number attacked increased
to 1880. The abatement of the disease
ia June caused the people to relax
their efforts to stamp it out and then
broke out more vigorously than ever.
"The present Danish outbreak is the
largest we have had since | began TO
deal with such matters in 1880. In 1872
only 400 herds were attacked, and then
a number of years passed during which
there were only sporadic outbreaks
that were quickly stamped out. In
l9ll-l2 no fewer than i2SJ herds were
attacked, but this outbreak was also
succe Ssfully met and eradicated. From
November 1914 up to the present aug
18th 1870 the existence OF the disease
has been ascertaned in no fewer than
573I herds. And the end is not yet.
The ravages of the disease have been
greatest on the Islands of ICELAND, Flu
neu, and Lolland, whilst Jutland has
escaped IN remarkable way; only 100
herds near Aalborg being attacked.
The fact of the matter is; the Jutland-
ers are careful and cautious; as soon as
they hear of an outbreak in the neigh
borhood, martial law, so to speak, is
proclaimed and every necessary pre-.
caution is taken; aul this is, in truth,
the only thing that helps.
"Zeelanders and natives Of Funen
are of a more happy-go-lucky nature
and their islands are more thickly pop
llated. These are important factors,
because the inter course between
farms being greater the risk Of trans
hitting the disease is multiplied many
times by the happy go-lucky methods.
''The extent of the outbreaks in
l9ll-l2 and 1914 10 is as follows:
No ofherds Totalno. Total no
attacked of cows of pigs
l9ll-l2. 1885 $4,000 $4,000
lgl4.l5.. .....5734 100000 1000
"Cows suffering from the disease go
back in their milk to such an extern, as
to entail loss of s. TO $3.50 for each
animal. If we take ST 25 as the aver
age, the loss of milk alone amounts to
one and quarter million dollars.
"In addition to this, the mortality in
l9ll-l2 constituted per cent for adult
animals; per cent for young stock;
and over % per cent for calves. In
1914 10 the percentages all round were
higher: 81 adult animals died at kosel-
itz and 100 at Brattingsborg on the Is
land of Samso. Nearly all the young
hogs and many adult hogs, attacked by
the disease died also
The only things That help are care,
caution, isolation, and regular disn-
fiction. LaXity in regard to these
things will entail still larger losses
than those already sustained"
Denmark. }. j. Dunno.