Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-05-31 | Page 18 | Anthrax Outbreak Kills 1 3 Animals

'anthrax outbreak KILLS 13 ANIMALS Herd at Spanish Fork Treated and j Quarantined by State Ispector Hog-gan; Hog-gan; Prison Hogs Vaccinated. Anthrax has already killed thirteen head of cattle in a herd of 120 belonging belong-ing to Richard L. Jex of Spanish Fork, it was reported yesterday by Dr. R. W. Hoggan, like stock ins-ector. Dr. Hog-gan Hog-gan hae just returned from Spanish Fork, after having made a -post mortem and microscopic examination in the case. Dr. Hoggan says that his investigation investiga-tion established positively that the outbreak out-break of the jex herd was that of anthrax an-thrax and he has treated and placed the living cattle of the group in quarantine quar-antine and taken other necessary precautions pre-cautions to prevent further spread of the dread disease to other cattle in the district. Fifty head of hogs at the state prison were also given double treatment by vaccination against hog cholera, the inspector in-spector says, to insure the valuable animals ani-mals against contracting that malady. The state inspector requests that farmers and stoc.kraisers be more prompt in notifying him in case of anything wrong iii their animals appearing. He says that early attention to cases which puzzle owners as to their nature will sometimes avert great loss to them and consequently to the state generally.