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Show r-ABORTION IN COWS.- 4J By Dr. David Roberts. u Wisconsin State Veterinarian, 1906-7-8. t v Too much emphasis cannot be laid Upon the importance of stock rais- U crs giving each individual animal in stalled upon the premises, proper care and attention. A herd mny be in apparent healthy condition and at the same time contain con-tain one or two animals which may be subject to a decline in health, thus causing the owner little worry as to the danger they may impart to the rest of the herd, 'but it is at this ailing period that the owner is deceived for when once the germ is inbedded in the body unless the animal ani-mal has vitality to overcome same, it slowly but surely finds its way to parts where it may become absorbed and later claims life thus laying a foundation for disease to present itself it-self throughout the entire herd. It. is for this reason that the owner should be watchful. He should not only care for the ailing animals but H. should protect the healthy ones. iff1 a One of the most contagcous and 'lSfef4jl,cstructivc diseases among cattle today, to-day, and which is causing great anxiety anx-iety to stock raisers as to the proper treatment to pursue in order to destroy de-stroy its destructive power, is contagcous con-tagcous abortion. The infecting germ may appear in several different forms. For instance: in-stance: some animals may carry the germ several weeks, others several months before aborting. This disease di-sease is oftentimes introduced into a healthy herd by an infected animal being brought into the herd. While the healthy condition of the animals arc not impaired and" the secretion of milk not decreased, during tho early stage, the owner is ignorant of the fact that this one animal is playing havoc among the entire herd, until he is awakened to the fact that something is wrong by one animal after another aborting. It is now time for him to be up and doing. He immediately tries to stamp the disease out by caring for all ailing animals but as previously stated, too much stress cannot be laid upon thee necessity of protecting; protect-ing; the rhealthy animals as -well as caring -for the-ailing ones', for when btice the germs of abortion infect animals1 in-a herd, the germ-is.rcadi-tly transmitted (o the rest "of the herd, I thus- when treating one animal, all -in the herd should -be .treated! like wise. |