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Show EataiHorse Fatal Horse MaladyStudied Malady MaladyStudied MaladyStudied Studied for Effect EffectOn EffectOn EffectOn On Human Beings BeingsNew New fears fean tha that t horse sleeping 'sleeping 'sleepingsickness " ' sleepingsickness : sickness which has bas already kUled killed kUledtens killedtens killedtens tens of thousands of American Americanhorses Americanhorses Americanhorses horses may also be transmissible transmissibleto to human beings were Indicated in inreports inreports inreports reports of a recent study by the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American Foundation FoundalJon tor for Animal AnimalHealth AnimalHealth AnimalHealth Health . . The reports are ar based on deathsin deaths deathsIn deathsin In Minnesota Mmnesota Texas and Eastern Easternseaboard Easternseaboard Easternseaboard seaboard states in areas where whereequwe whereequine whereequine equwe equine encephalomyelitis eneephalornyelitls ( sleeping sleepingsickness sleepingsickness sleepingsickness sickness ) has bas been prevalent . . In Inone Inone Inone one of the eastern states two indl mdi indlvlduals mdividuals indlviduals vlduals viduals who were werq handling horses horsesafflicted horsesafflicted horsesafflicted afflicted with sleeping sickness were werestricken werestricken werestricken stricken with a disease that was wasIdenti wasidentified wasidentified Identi identified ed as human encephalomye encephalomye- encephalomyelitis encephalomyelit.is encephalomyelitis - - litis lit.is . One man mail died and the otherrecovered other otherrecovered otherrecovered otherrecoveredIn recovered recoveredIn In 1938 1 > 31 a number of acute cases caseswere caseswere caseswere were reported among children alons along alongthe alonethe the East coast , , . with an extremely extremelyhigh extremelyhigh extremelyhigh high rate of at mortality Examina Examina- Examinations Examinations - - tions tlons revealed the presence of ot a avirus avirus virus which was believed to be theeastern the theeastern eastern strain of horse borse sleeping sleepingsickness sleepingsickness sleepingsickness sickness This was followed in the thesame thesame same year by the discovery of hu 1w 1wman human human man cases of equine encephalomye-liti encephalomye liti encephalomyelitis encephalomye- encephalomye - - - litis * in Minnesota These however howeverwere . , were traced to a different diflerent strain of ofthe ofthe ofthe the virus the western strain Silll Still Sillllater Stilllater Stilllater later , . similar limUar reports were received leceived receivedtrom leceivedfrom receivedfrom trom from the Pacific pacitlc coast-and coast and coast - - and thisyear thisyear this : year fresh tresh reports of cases in hu human human human man encephalitis have bave come from fromMinnesota fromMinnesota fromMinnesota Minnesota Texas and other statesAs states statesAs As a result authorities are warntug warn warning warnine ing tug that horse sleepine sleeping sickness sicknessmay sicknessmay sicknessmay may be transmissible to man aJ al aJthough although although though they are unwilling unwlJhng to say saythat saythat saythat that this is definitely the case In Infact Infact Inact fact ( , , , horse sleeping sleepmg sickness is tlilla slJlla stilla slJll still a highly baffling bafflmg disease It kills kilI killsthm.tanda killsthmtanda . thousands of valua vaiua blehorses ble horses e every ery year yet veterma veterina vetermary vetennary ry 17 scientists 5cientlsts arc are still not lure sure ure of ofthe ofthe ofthe vetermaI I the exact means by which it Is 15 15transmitted Istransmitted istransmitted transmitted They believe It Is Ispassed ispassed ispassed passed on by the bites of mosquitoes mosquitoesand mosquitoesand mosquitoesand and other insects The only known knownprotection knownprotection knownprotection protection for horses to date is by byimmunization byimmunization byimmunization immunization This year vetenna veterina vetennarlans veterinarians vetennarians rlans rians are vaccinatine vaccinating horses agamst against agamstthe againstthe againstthe the disease with a 8 new conccntrated concentrated conccntratedform concentratedform concentratedform form of a vaccine developed trom from tromchick fromchick fromchick chick embryos and report better betterthan betterthan betterthan than 95 per cent immunity in fieldusage field fieldusage fieldusage usage However vaccination ot at cit this thistype thistype thistype type should be done before a horse horseis horseIs horseis is stricken by the disease it is 15 saIdAuthorities said saidAuthorities Authorities are urging urguli tha that t in inareas inareas inareas areas where horse sleeping sleepmg SIckness sicknessis J JIs Is raging persons working workmg with withI withborses withhorses withhorses I borses horses should exercise care in han ban handling bandung bandling dling dung the animals and should be beparticularly beparticularly beparticularly particularly watchful against agamst mos mosqui mosquitoes mosquitoes qui quitoes toes and other biting Insects |