, 1925-01-07
ALL SHIPMENTS OF FOWL BARRED
In WYOMING UNDER GUARANTEES

LUZ u ehe oeIiouS outpredh VI
fowl pest which Is sweeping over
several states. killing many, fowls.
a quarantine has been. ordered
against the. importation. of fowls
by the state-of Wyoming. The quar-
a%ntine, which bars any shipments
of hens. ROSTERS. capons, chickens,
geese. ducks. turkeys and pigeons.
became effective Tuesday afternoon
of last week. when it,, was. signed
by Acting Governor Frank. E. Lucas.
The quarantine covers shipments
into Wyoming from every state. in
the Union and the District of Col
umbia. r
Crates, cars. coops and containers
are not allowed to pass into or
through Wyoming without first hav-
ing been cleaned and disipfected I'M
der governmental supervision. Elk
ceptions are made in the quaran-
tine, however. by allowing the
state veterinarian. DR.. Al W.HFrench,
to decide if a shipment can come
into the state from a regioh where
there is little likelihood that the dis
ease exists. ""' go
A history of the disease it's ma
ture n cause. the s%yifptoms, the
autopsy findings and control meas
ures. has been prepared by John R.
Mohler. chief of the bureau of
animal industry, Washington, D. C.
In his history of the disease, he
says:
Several weeks ago Mr.. Vanarus
A. Moore, of Cornell University,
brought to the attention of the
United States Bureau. of Animal
Industry, the existence among poul-
try of a disease which he diagnosed
as the European fowl pest, hitherto
unknown in the United States. In
vestigation made in New York City
Jersey City and Philadelphia. by
representatives OF the Bureau con
firmed this diagnosis.
Nature and Cause
This is a very acute infectious
disease affecting particularly chick
ems, turkeys and geese. Blackbirds
sparrows. owls and hawks, and other
birds also contract the disease
while water fowls and pigeons are
resistant. Mammals, including the
human, are not susceptible. The
1nfective agent is present in the
blood n various tissues OF the
bird. 1t is SO very small that il
passes through the finest pores o.
a filter and no microscope is power
full enough to detect it. The NAL
ady was first discovered in Italy in
1878, since which time it has spread
north, west and east and is now pre-
valent in Germany, France, Belgium
Austria and Hungary.
Symptoms
THE disease is characterized by
It's extremely infectious nature
rapidly progressing course, and high
mortality. The infected fowl loses
its appetite, has an irregular walk
and becomes very droopy. The
feathers are ruffled, and there is
considerable prostration, with swell.
ing n darkening of the comb and
wattles. a sticky eXudate may paste
the eyelids together. clog the nasal
passages and even obstruct the wind
pipe, causing labored breathing.
Some patients periodically Shake
their heads in order to dislodge this
mucous secretion from the throat
and nostrils, at the same time pro
ducing a peculiar wheezy sound
The bird lives as a rule for from
two to five days. Occasionally it
may live six or seven days. The
bird may be apparently in good
condition in the morning and he
found dead in the afternoon in the
very acute form.
Autopsy Findings \
ION post-morten you may find no
LESSONS at all, on account of the sud-
denness of the death. In the less
AGATE cases, that is, in those that
livs for three or four days, you find
a mucous eXadate in the nostrils,
larynX and windpipe, with blood
stained patched and sometimes blood
clots in the windpipe. The lungs
are usually more or less pneumonia.
A hemorrhagic or blood-shot con
dition is found in the crop and UNI
der the skin in various other parts,
sometimes accompanied by a gel
atinous substance. Hemorrhagic
spots on the muscle and sac of the
heart, on the gizzard fat, on the
'ter surfaces of the small intes-
and especially on the inner
of the two stomachs. the
stomach and the muscular
gizzard, are typical of
may find these lit
patches long the
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