Show Ancient t Disease Still Threatens Men 1 Livestock CHICAGO The same disease wh ch killed the cave man and which prompted Moses to lay down the first known laws on meat In Inspect inspect inspect on is still a serious threat to both animals and man and a cause of severe losses to livestock pro pro- producers producers producers on American farms today Th s anthrax Is disease anthrax is one of the oldest germ borne plagues in eXistence The cave man contract contracted contracted contracted ed it from the skins of animals wh ch he wore for clothing It dev devastated devastated devastated livestock herds in the Holy HolyLand HolyLand HolyLand Land more than 2 years ago For centuries it has taken its toll tollof tollof tollof of lIvestock ranging from reindeer and cattle in South Africa Live Many Years Tears The germs of anthrax are very large compared to other bacteria In the blood of animals and man manthey manthey they exist m in the vegetative form torn rod rod shaped single germs With square ends Outs Cuts de the body or after death the germs form long chains chams w th a central spore In thiS form hardy anthrax bacteria live for years m in contaminated soil Livestock generally contract the thed thed thed d sease from infected soil from sew sewage sewage sewage age of tanneries or from the bites of flies thes that have bitten anthrax sick animals Man ordinarily becomes infected through skinning animals dead of othe the disease or from handling hides Human anthrax usually shows up uras as a malignant carbuncle or huge black boil boll The germs may ml mi migrate migrate gra grate te through the blood and lymph streams and produce systemic blood pOisoning or septicemia Luckily most cases can be saved if J ding diagnosed diagnosed nosed early In America there are a number of severe anthrax infection areas where farmers and veterinarians are making a valiant tight fight to over overcome overcome overcome come the disease and to protect live livestock livestock livestock stock and man from its ravages Ac AccordIng According According cordIng to a survey by the American Foundation for tor Animal Health these areas extend from the MIssIssippi delta country to the Dakotas and from California to the Southeastern Atlantic states Nor is the disease confined to these sections alone Like all serious plagues it some sometimes sometimes times appears unexpectedly in areas far removed from its source I |