The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-12


In economic Importance contagious
abortion In cattle stands next in i'm
portance to tuberculosis; progress In
stamping out the disease, however,
has not been rapid nor great. The
disease is caused by the Bacillus abor-
tus, and abortions occur compare
lively infrequently from outside injury
such as blows, horn thrusts, falls, etc.,
or the eating Of spoiled feed or certain
herbs, as has been the quite common
belief.
Efforts have been made to discover
some medicinal agent which would
cure the disease, and attempts have
also been made to produce serum,
but this work is still in the experiment
tai stage and no reliable curative
agent has yet been discovered. Our
main reliance must still be placed
upon the careful and repeated disin-
lection Of premises and of animals, to-
gether with the separation Of healthy
from diseased animals.
DisInfection of Premises.
The thorough distinction Of prem
Uses Is essential. This may be salts
factorily accomplished by carrying out
the following directions:
/. Sweep ceilings, side walls, stall
partitions, floors and other surfaces
until free from cobwebs and dust.
2. Remove all accumulations OF filth
by scraping, and II woodwork has be-
come decayed. porous or absorbent, 1t
should be removed, burned and re-
placed with new material.
3. II floor is of earth, remove four
inches from the surface, and in places
where 1t shows staining with urine a
sufficient depth should be replaced to
expose fresh earth. All earth removed
should be replaced with earth from an
uncontaminated source, or new floor
OF concrete may be laid, which is very
durable and easily cleaned.
4. All refuse and material from
stable and barnyard should be re-
moved to a place not accessible to
cattle or hogs. The manure should be
spread on fields and turned under,
while the wood should be burned.
S. The entire interior of the stable.
especially the feeding troughs and
drains, should be saturated by a dis
infectant, as liquor cresolis compost
tus (U. s. P.) or carbolic acid, six
ounces to every gallon of water in
each case. After this has dried, the
stalls, walls and ceilings may be COW
cred with whitewash Cline wash), to
each gallon of which should be added
four ounces Of chloride of lime.
The best method of applying the dis
infectant and the lime wash is by
means of strong spray pump, such
as those used by orchardists.
This method is efficient in disinfec-
ton against most of the contagious
and infectious diseases of animals,
and should be applied Immediately fol-
lowing any outbreak, and, as matter
Of precaution 1t may be used once or
twice yearly.
g. 1t Is important that arrangements
be made to admit a plentiful supply OF
sunlight and fresh air by providing an
ample number of windows, thereby
eliminating dampness, stiffness, bad
odor and other insanitary conditions.
Good drainage Is also very necessary:
II the use Of liquor cresolis compost
tus, carbolic acid or other coal-tar
products Is inadmissible because Of
the readiness with which their odor is
impaired to milk and other dairy
products, bichloride of mercury may be
used In proportion OF one to 800, or
one pound of bichloride to 100 gallons
OF water. However, all portions OF the
stable soiled with manure should first
be thoroughly scraped and cleaned, as
the albumin contained in manure
would otherwise greatly diminish the
disinfecting power of the bichloride.
Disinfection with this material should
be supervised by veterinarian or
other person trained In the handling
OF poisonous drugs and chemicals, as
the bichloriae OF mercury Is a powerful
corrosive poison. The managers and
feed boxes, after drying following
spraying with this material, should be
washed out with hot water, as cattle
are especially susceptible to mercurial
poisoning. The bichDride solution
should be applied by means OF spray
pump, as recommended for the liquor
cresolfs compositus.
In addition, the yards should be
cleaned by removing all litter and ma
nure and disinfected by sprinkling lib
orally with solution of copper sui
plate, five ounces to gallon Of water.
Milking stools and all other nipple
ments should also be thoroughly dis
infected.
Distraction and Treatment OF AMI
mails.
To prevent the bull from carrying
the infection from . diseased cow to