The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-04-27
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK

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the test.
Inasmuch as but IL animals were
found affected with this condition in
1921, it is but safe to presume that
this disease has been practically era
dicated in the state of Montana
work that must stand as a monu-
ment in the advance of live stock
sanitation.
Chambers
From 1913 up to and including
1920 we mallein tested for CHAMBERS
1892 horses and found 557 animals
which it was necessary to destroy.
In 1921 only six horses were found
in Montana suffering from this dis
ease.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
In 1911 Montana started its bovine
tuberculosis eradication campaign.
Since 1911 up to and including 1921
in conjunction with the u. S. bureau
of animal industry we have tuber-
culin tested 220,568 cattle and found
$3.50 r%eactors.
In 1911, using the old ~subcutan-
eous test, there yer tested 1893 cat
tie out Of which 829 or 1858 per
cent were found ~tuberculous. In
1921, we tuberculon tested 1892
cattle and found but ga of l per cent
tuberculous.
The summary of bovine tuberculo-
sis eradication work issued by the
U. S. bureau of animal industry in
November, 1921, places Montana in
first place. Montana at that time
had tested more cattle and had more
cattle under supervision than any
other state in the United States.
The progress made by Montana in
the eradication of bovine tuberculosis
as yet has not been equaled by any
state or country with the exception
of the District of Columbia.
The Importance of bovine tuber-
culosis eradication becomes more ap-
parent when realizes that medi-
cal research workers such as Park &
Krumweid in the United States, A. S..
Griffin in England and Scotland, and
Burkhardt in Germany have deter
mined that from 33 per cen to 90
per e of children under five years
of age affected with tuberculosis suf-
fer from the bovine type of the dis
ease.
SCaDI6S
Each year cattle scab grows less
prevalent in the state of Montana.
With the discovery of a method of
preparing an oil emulsion dip by DR..
Emil Starr, livestock sanitary board
chemist, the danger of cattle scab be-
a serious economic factor to
our industry has been eliminated.
Blackieg
Blackleg, from an economic stand
point, is the most important infec-
contagious disease we have in
in Montana. Although this dis
ease may not be cured, it can be very
easily prevented by the use of black
leg vaccine. In 1921 the livestock
sanitary board distributed 108,470
doses of bIackleg vaccine.
Anthrax
During the past two or three years
have had several small outbreaks
Of anthrax. However, in 1921 there
no reported or known cases of
anthrax in Montana.
In this northern country anthrax
Is not of serious economic import
ance. It's Importance, and danger
lies in the fact that it is very easily {
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S generally fatal. t
SHEEP-Scabies t
1t is pleasing to report to you that S
sheep scab does not exist in the
state of Montana. '
Lip and Leg liberation |
Lip and leg liberation made its a
appearance in one or two districts, Y
tut on the whole it was much less :
PREVALENT in 1921 than it was some
i've or six years ago.
We have found that the feeding of
cake or flaxseed meal or
wen a little grain, beginning early in
he fall before animals have had a
nance to shrink or get on the down
,rade, will materially assist in pre-
this disease.
Lungers
This is a disease that has received !
considerable attention from our lab :
'ratories. Some time ago we for
living affected sheep to the }
rockefeller institute at New Jersey;
0 the U. S. bureau of animal indus !
ry at Washington, and to a private J
laboratory at Kansas City. We know
he disease is a progressive pneu-
nonia, which terminates fatally, but
o far our researches have not dis
losed the cause of the disease nor a
1ethod of prevention. In the past
has been presumed that the con-
ition was not of an infectious or
nature, but our later work
as led us to consider that it may
e of an infectious contagious nature.
t is, therefore, our advice to sheep
to Immediately isolate all ami
lals which suffer from this disease.
HOGS-HOg Cholera
There have been several outbreaks
f hog cholera in widely separated
of Montana. However. in
My one section was the disease of
erious economic Importance. Prac-
cally every one of these outbreaks
from feeding uncooked garb-
ge, which contained contaminated
ork scraps. There was a great deal
{ hog cholera in the middle west
uring the past year. When hog
lolera showed up in a district, many
vine growers rushed their hogs to
arket. A number of these hogs
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