| Show OUTBREAKS OP OF RABIES SPREAD BY COYOTES AS WELL AS DOGS the need for having experienced men ready to stamp out rabies whenever an outbreak appears specially especially in the western states where stock raising is a major industry and where the disease Is rapidly spread from small beginnings by coyotes as well ai as dogs has been demonstrated by serious conditions during the pait past year outbreaks occur more or less regularly but by prompt inauguration In augurs of poisoning campaigns under the supervision of tha biological survey ur united states department of agriculture ri to destroy coyotes in a wide zone surrounding the infected area t the he danger to human life and live 3 stock can be appreciably lessened the past year witnessed the most serious outbreak of rabies that has 0 occurred acu since 1915 1916 and 1916 when the disease disuse was pread read by coyote coyotes and dogs dots throop through washington oregon idaho nort northern lern california nevada and western utah this year rear the disease appeared in virulent form in A seven lieven counties in washington and was brought under control only after the adoption option of i 1 the most vigorous mea measures stires by ohp bureaus predatory animal inspector in charge coope cooperating rat with the state department of agriculture arri ri the state and county health of officers ficen and the state college quarantine measure measures were we rigidly enforced and the entire fore force of hunters bunters which it was 32 possible to maintain was concentrated concentrate 4 in this aerion re rk to destroy infected animals avo and possible caf carriers flers about 1300 coyote were taken in five counties sporadic outbreak outbreaks of rabies also occurred among coyotes in oregon northern california nevada aril and utah the disease dl lease made its appearance among the dc dogs digs in arizona and hew ow mexico but its pread spread to coyotes was u prevented by poisoning ning C campaigns |
