Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-14


state veterinarian have been called
upon to diagnose and treat quite few
cases of rabies recently, and Arthur
Pence, president of the state livestock
sanitary board, reports that there have
been several serious cases at Hot
Springs. Mr.. Pence was at the capitol
on official business the latter part of
last week and reported that he had
found 1t necessary to kill fine seven
months-old calf the week before be-
cause 1t came in from the range with
rabies and became dangerous. Mr..
Pence says that Joseph Strickland, of
Riddle, was bitten by cat which was
suspected of having the disease. and
when rabbits were infected from the
cats brain they became rabid in IL
days and died in IA days. Mr.. Strick
land took the pasteur treatment from
DR.. E. f. Laubaugh, the state bac-
teriologist.
At Bruneau, another town near Hot
Springs, a coyote entered a pen of hogs
and bit several of them, going from
the hogs to the horse lot where it was
shot The livestock was owned by
Will Ratliff, who sent the head of the
dead coyote to the state bacteriologist
where it was examined and found to be
infected with rabies.
George Cartwright, owner of the
Cartwright ranch on Shaffer creek, II
miles from Boise, telephoned to the
state veterinarian last Wednesday that
he had two hogs and two dogs which
were rabld.
A very valuable Percheron stallion
| L. L. LII II L.,
week and the state bacteriologist
found its brain to be infected with
rabies.
Disease Spreads Rapidly.
In explaining how rapidly the dis
ease may be spread, DR.. Laubaugh
called attention to the appearance of a
coyote in Boise few weeks ago, where
it was killed before doing any harm
that could be traced to 1t, but one
which came into town a little earlier
and bit several valuable dogs and es-
capped. started an infection that is
probably still Spreading. One of the
dogs which was bitten by this coyote
afterwards infected a very valuable
bull near town which had to be treated
by the pasteur method few days
dlttl tuC Jun was DiitSH lildu uOS
appeared in town and bit several val
liable dogs on and near Bannock
street. five of which have since died
and one disappeared. This dog ran
about the streets, biting one dog after
another. and DIR. Laubaugh says that
the only reason that dogs were bitten
instead of children was that dogs were
on the street instead of people.
Little Boy Is Bitten.
very pathetic case is the one of q
little boy two years and 10 months ole
who was bitten by his pet kitten and
has to be subjected to the pasteui
treatment, which consists of subcutan-
eous injections in the abdomen daily
for several weeks. DR.. Laubaugh says
that there are rabid cats in the city
and in surrounding country now.
prominent live stock farmer in the
: Boise valley reported last week thai
he was losing an unusual number o.
, sheep in his Landing pens in an un.
J usual way, and after having one of tn,
carcasses examined he was told tina
rabies was the cause of the loss. HI
, had lost seven valuable breeding ewes
) but declared that he had his sheep So
closely confined in the lambing PEN
, that no dogs or coyotes could possibl!
, reach them. After considerable ques
tioning, the fact was brought out tina