Show the cause of texas fever the department of agriculture Is at present giving earnest attention to the study of animal parasites with a view to finding out methods for fighting against some of them which cause a loss of many millions of dollars yearly to farmers it has made a big discovery recently in relation to the fatal disease of cattle called texas fever which is caused by a minute animal called a protozoon that feeds on the red corpuscle in the blood and destroys them becent developments of knowledge reveal the protozoa as producers of mur bid complaints it has been ascertained that the cauce of malaria is a protozoon which feeds on the blood corpuscles corpus cles and another microscopic foe of like description is responsible for certain forms of dysentery undoubtedly many disorders not now understood will eventually be referred to a similar origin washington star |