St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-31
DANGER FROM CHAR.
BON DISEASE MAY
BE AVOIDED.
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would advise this method of treat
ment in all cases. This treatment
will cost 40 cents per animal, one
&C vaccine-anthrax on right side OF
neck and 10 &C anti-anthrax serum
ON left side of neck, all costing 40
cents. When one considers that the
old method cost 20 cents, and 20
days required to cause immunity, and
only lasting 6 to months, the adj
vantage of the extra few cents per
animal in cost of treatment can be
appreciated.
We had a very serious outbreak of
Charlton in and around COvington
last fall and the only thing that kept
The outbreak from being more gen.
eral was the fact that we had a very
severe freeze which stopped the
spread Of germs.
Now l wish to advise every stock
owner to see that his stock is vac
cinated not late than the middle of
May. We ere sure to have serious
outbreak this summer as the soil In
several neighborhoods is already in
fected and as soon as hot summer
weather comes the disease will break
out in full blast. I warn every stock
man now to prepare himself for the
summer by yaccinating.
give below a letter from DR.. A.
Eighhorn who has been connected
with the Bureau Of Animal Industry,
Washington, D. c., which explains
the treatment more fully that l will
use this season:
Pearl River, N. Y, March Fl.
Mr.. G. C. Lewis, Farm Demonstra-
ton Agent, Parish of St. Tam
many, Covington, La.
Dear Sir:-Replying to your let
ter OF March 10th, relative to the
simultaneous treatment of anthrax, /
wish to advise that during my as
ISOLATION with the Bureau of Animal
Industry as chef of the PATHOLOGY
cal Division, for two years | conduct
ed experimental work with regard
to immunization against anthrax.
The results Of our work have been
published in Bulletin No. $40 of the
Department of Agriculture in which
the advantages of the simultaneous
vaccinations with Anti-Anthrax Ser
mm and an Attenuated Spore Vac
cine are strongly pointed out and
endorsed. The fact that the stimuli
taneous method requires only one
handling Of the animal and that it
confers immediate immunity should
popularize it over all others.
The immunity by this treatment
Is supposed to last for one year, and
It is a recognized fact that in an
thrax districts it is necessary to re-
sort to vaccination every year since
there is no method known by which
permanent immunity can be pro-
duced in animals.
The simultaneous treatment is par
ticularly advantag eous in localities
where the disease has already made
its appearance, since the injected
animals would be Immediately pro-
tected from any danger Of infection.
On the other hand, where yearly sys-
tematic vaccination is practiced with
out regard to the appearance Of the
disease, the double vaccination might
be resorted to, especially if it is
found desirable to reduce the cost
of vaccination to minimum. In
such cases it has been found thai
the use Of an Attenuated Spore Vac
cines are more effective than the
Pasteur Vaccines because Of their
better keeping qualities and the pos
sibility of a more accurate dosage
with the Spore Vaccines.
Our Spore Vaccines are carefully
standardized so that each cubic CEN
timeter contains a definite number
OF attenuated spores which will not
deteriorate for period OF at least
two years. These results are OBJ
tanned from extensive investigations