Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-08-03
BLACKLEC CURED
BY VACCINATION
STATE OFFICIAL VISITING HERE
SAYS NEW VACCINE is A
SURE CURE
TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL SOUGHT
Pultry Disease is New Work Tor the
Department.

Condition of live stock in Bonner
and Boundary counties is better than
in most counties of the state, accord
ing to Dr. J. ID. Adams, director of
the state bureau of animal industry,
who was in Bonners Ferry Friday on
his first tour of the state.
Stock in this locality" said Mr.
Adams, ARE unusually free of disease
With this advantage to start with
farmers and live stock growers can
easily keep animal diseases to a mini
mum, if not eradicate them entirely,
by working with our state and county
departments. At the first sign of
disorder among stock our county rep
resentative should be notified and he
will Immediately make an investiga-
tion, free of charge, and recommend
what steps are to be taken With
prompt action, farmers can avoid cost
ly epidemics among their stock"
1t is reported that blackleg is the
most serious of the live stock diseases
in this section. According to DR.. A. H.
White, who represents the state
bureau in Boundary county, upwards
of 200 calves are lost annually from
this disease. Speaking on this sub
JtCJ Ut. ADAMS SdlQ.
With the use of Aggressin, germ
free vaccine which has just recently
come into general usage, blackleg can
be entirely eradicated. 1t is far su-
perior to the old attentuated spore
virus and costs no more A calf can
be vaccinated at an outlay of only a
few cents, and it can be done at the
time of branding and dehorning with
out extra trouble. One application
eliminates blackleg throughout the
life of the ANIMAL.
Subjects of special investigation by
DR.. Adams this year are abortive
diseases among cattle and tuberculo-
sis in poultry. There are only isolated
cases of poultry diseases here, said
DIR. Adams Anyone suspecting dis
ease among their flocks should take
it up with DR.. White and he will make
a free examination and diagnosis
Treatment of poultry for tuberculosis
is new field and farmers and chick
en- fanciers should find the state bur-
eau of considerable help in tackling
the problem
Regarding the treatment of cattle
for tuberculosis, DR.. Adams reported
that in less than two years the per-
centage of diseased animals has been
cut from Az to 11a per cent. In
Boundary county 1000 head have been
tested and the percentage is only
l Clio. In this work the state and
county officials are assisted by the
federal bureau of animal industry,
and it is predicted that within a short
time tuberculosis will be practically
Wiped out
There have been no cases of gland
ers, formerly serious disease among
horses, during the past year, accord
ing to DR.. Adams.
To prevent cholera among hogs DR..
Adams recommended that care be
used in feeding meat scraps and gar
bage from camps. Hogs eating such
food should be vaccinated first, he
said. A few cases of cholera have
been reported TO DR.. White, but the
outbreak is not considered serious.
DR.. Adams says he is meeting with
cooperation on the part of farmers
and civic organizations all over the
state to check diseases among live
stock. The bureau which he repre-
5ents is a new organization fostered
by the state administration and he is
confident that the department will
show good results when the years
work is analyzed