The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-01-11

meeting was called to order by Cover
Ior Emmet ID. Boyle, who occupied the
chair throughout the day. Charles
Guthrie acted as secretary, taking
stenographic report of the proceedings.
The delegates included President A.
". Hendrick, of the State University;
DIR. Mack, of the state veterinary con-
troll service, and ex-officiO quarantine
officer as relates to livestock; DR.. X.
II. Mullin, state board of health; E. r.
Sans, representing the federal depart
ment of agriculture, by special ap
pcintment of Secretary Houston; DR..
IT. E. Murray and II. J. Hammond, U
s. bureau of animal industry; DR.. Lau-
baugh, Idaho state bacteriologist; Sen
ator Thomas j. Bell and J. III. Cazier,
state livestock commissioners; DR.. Rob-
ert A. Peers and DIR. Edward t. Ross,
of the California state board of health;
nr. J. J. Gallagher, executive officer
Nevada state sheep commission; Ed
ward t. Patrick, assistant attorney
general Nevada; George Fl. Calhgan,
representing Henry Levy, San Fran
cisco wholesale butcher; G. P. Hoskins,
Humboldt county commissioner; John
Weber, White Pine county; c. O. Dang
berg, Douglas county; C.Ferris, Washoe
county; A. s. Henderson, Clark county;
Isaac Griswold, Elko county; Gray
Mashburn, Storey county: M. Schmith,
Lander county; James Ross, Lincoln
county; A. n. Christensen, Vineyard
Land & Stock company; w. Fl. McGill,
White Pine county; w. A. Marsh, Nye
county; F. J. Button, superintendent
for Bliss Bros, Humboldt county:
George Russell, Jr., Elko county; G. d.
Wilkinson, Esmeralda county; F. r.
Redd Mineral county; C. l.. Tobin, A.
F. Trousdale, Humboldt county; Geo.
NJ Southwark, secretary w. t. Jenkins
company: George B. Russell. Elko: FIR
rest Mckinney, Loveiock; II. F. Ebert,
representing Pine Valley stoekmen;
W. J. Mahoney, superintendent Dunphy
estate.
Tn brief opening address Governor
Boyle stated fact not generally
known, that the present epidemic of
rabies originated in southern Califor-
Iia, worked north the entire length of
the state into Oregon, east to Idaho,
south into Nevada, where it is rapid
lv spreading, and that this conference
had been called to devise the best
rethod of speedily and effectually
eradicating the menace. He then call
ed on DR.. Mack to explain the spreld
of the disease in this state.
DIR. Mack illustrated his remarks
with charts and maps, showing the en-
| trance of rabies into Nevada and its
spread southwark He stated that the
first coyote brain sent to the state lab
eratory, in April, 1915, came from Me-
| nermitt, Humboldt county, the animal
having been killed at a point four
miles north Of the Oregon state line.
Since that time IL animals had been
examined for rabies by the laboratory,
of which number SO were positive and
| "a negative. OF this number there were
GO coyotes, II dogs, % cattle, sheep,
2 hogs, l eat add / fox, distributed
emong the counties of the state, as fol-
lows: Humboldt 8 positive, Z mega
tive; Elko, 2l positive, negative; Wa
shoe, positive, negative; White
Pine, ] positive, negative; Eureka,
positive, negative; Lander, 4 posi-
tive, negative; Lyon, l positive;
Churchill, i positive. In addition there
were 8 positive and 6 negative from
Modoe; positive from Lassen, 2 posi-
tive from Plumas county, California,
and one positive from Malheur county.
Oregon.
Of the 35 patients who had present
ed themselves at the state laboratory
for the Pasteur treatments 10 were
from Elko, l3 from Humboldt and ,
from Washoe county. In every case the
treatment was successful, with no ra-
hies symptoms developing in any of the
patients.
FWe are confronted with a grave
situation continued DIR. Mack. "I
have given you the facts as they ex-
list, but cannot state the remedy. 1t is
for that purpose that this meeting has
heen called. | should say, however,
that our slogan should be, 'The coyote
must go and the dog must be con-
t.olled'."
Or. Mullin, of the state board of
health, was then called on by Cover
nor Boyle to give the bearing of the
l'sease on human health. In brief DIR.
Nullin stated that coyotes communi-
';lted the disease to dogs, and these
lnimals infected humans. However, a
comparatively small percentage of
those bitten develop the disease, only
about one in every FIVE or six eases.
This is accounted for by the fact that
where the bite is through clothing, the
saliva is usually wiped off and does not
enter the wound. The speaker advised
that all dogs be muzzled in a secure
manner, and in ease one bit a human
being not TO kill it, but rather eonfne
IT for observation. If affected with ra-
bies it will surely die within seven
days. In that event the patient should
lose no time in beginning the Pasteur
treatment. This consists solely in rails
ing the specific resistance of individ-
uals against the rabies and is successful
ia all but about one-half of one per
lecnt of the cases treated.