| Show A DANGEROUS DISEASE I 1 eight horses have hah died 0 of catl darcw deadly AL anthrax all domestic animals fowls and ana even uan marl subject to its insidious fatal grasp the disease its causes and symptoms an alarmingly malignant contagious and fatal disease threatens th the e domestic animals of logon logan and aej as a shown below its ravages may extend even to mau every means should be taken to prevent the spread of the disease on tile the second day of august a kvelve hundred dollar stallion el the tha property of mr george watson lied quite suddenly fron some unknown cause S shortly afterward a valuable mare died of the same unknown disease and since that time six other horses valued by mr watson at each have died after the death of the second animal mr 1 watson atson sent for mr tomizo katsunuma to diagnose tile he disease and a remedy mr katsunuma made a examination of the blood of one of the dead animals and fouad the ane anthrax bacilli in great numbers ile he at once ordered a separation of the animals believed to be infected from the healthy ones to la the infected animals he ad n ministered inist ered the follow following iu g pre cil da baij ily a low one hour to elapse U between boies obes carbolic acid ten grammes gram mec alco hol seven grammes water one pint in addition tie he gave gnjec lions of cold water wate and rubbed the ana animals mals bodies with cold water to the sound bound animals he gave as a preventive one half teaspoonful teaspoon tul if f hydrochloric acid in a quart of avater six LX other animals arc believed believe to be infected but mr katsunuma believes that the prompt treatment given them will prove effectual factual ef Ul although lough all the on oil the ranch have been exposed none of i them hem other than the six eix referred to have shown bbown symptoms of the dil disease eabe but it way coay lie be developed at any ny time tim mr advocates a strict quarantine and the burning of lead dead bodies to goettler toge ettler with all nay bodling and blankets blankets which have afia be en in contact with them I 1 arid and thoro thorough ligh of the 01 alees 0 some lif fit mong lave have ad located the bleeding of dihe aeed d ani animal mall but tin this he says save i ii at al most certain to prove fatal fa tal oro one if t the peculiarities of if the di dhanse ease n i that an infected mare will brin brine F f orth borth a colt without a tr ace ol of the disease alfao albo that buckin bucking 1 1 colta es ape it the disease is ia quite common in I 1 cropo and japan nod and numerous ases have been known in the El eastern astern states the symptoms ary as in borne bome instances a well defined le fined turner amor appears appe arg arid and in other uses ases it li ip absent the following des rip tion of the disease is a ion from a lecture delivered by ir fr Kat during durine liis his course if veterinary study in japan ANTHRAX ignis Iu maligna Anc anthrax Anch brax rax latin charbon sang de rate french brand german carbone carbon rhio ilio F fuoco boco de st antonio antonin italian lamyra janwa plus kua lan ian carbuncle fever etc canso neten japan anthrax is a severe fatal and contagious disease it affects man arid and all domestic cioni dow estic animals fowls anil even fisli fish jl is caused by the S s admission miss ion into the animal body of bacteria or a low order of living organisms known as the bacillus of davaine Ua vaine or bacillus anth anthrax has been a scourge of the animals of the civilized civili sed world since the first written history we have of any of their diseases it existed in asia minor at the time of the siege of troy it was a plague of the cattle of egypt during the time of moses in the first half of the present century it had become a an n extensively I 1 asprer el disease e in russia holland and en england land and for the last century has been grad gradually lually spreading in the americas wore more particularly in south america in ISO 1864 in russia over ten thousand horses and cattle and nearly one thousand persons perished from the disease the direct cause ot of anthrax is always from contagion or the infection of a previously sound anicil either directly from a diseased animal or through v various arious medin media which contain excretions of the debris irom from the body of a previously infected animal if scattered with the debris of a dead animal on the surface of the ground they may remain around the roots of the grass in a pasture or may inay be washed to the nearest dearest low lying ground or marsh if buried in the body of an animal lead dead from anthrax they may be washed deep in the ground and in later years fin in one proven case seventeen ye years ars bel be brought to the furfare of the earth and ad infect other animals the virus is ia carried with the wool from indicted sheep and remains in it through the process of manufacture into cloth the spores remain in the hides ofa of animals ni which have died of an ahra hr A jy J B w ifa v 11 1 throughout months of soaking foa king in the tanners rs pits pita the working of the harness ma maker ker oiling of the completed leather tile the dried pares in the dust fron from i any of these products may be carried by the atmosphere T symptoms the symptoms of anthrax develop with extreme rapidity they are frequently so BO sudden that it appears appear 3 but a few minutes for the animals to have pap passed se d from a condition of perfect health to a dangerously diseased div eased one the horse is dejected and falls into a state of profound stupor attended by great reat muscular weakness the feeble indolent animal if forced to move drags its legs there are severe chills agitation of the muscles symptoms symptom of vertigo and at time colicky pains the mucus in membranes turn a deep ocher or bluish red color the body temperature is rapidly elevated to and degree F the breathing bre athina is increased to thirty or forty respirations in the minute and the pulse is ia greatly accelerated but the arteries are soft and almot almost imperceptible while the heartbeats heart beart beats can be felt and heard violent and tumultuous in other words it resembles a very severe case of influenza except capt in regard to heart action the symptoms last but two three or fourdais four days at most when the case usually terminates fatally an examination of tho the blood shows a dark fluid which doeh doe not clot and which turns and re remains mains black after exposure to the air the treatment of anthrax was entirely useless and ineffectual until within a comparatively few years |
