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Show Dogs Carry Disease Nenected Animals, Permitted to Run at Large, May Become Carriers of Infection to Farm Animals Tho dog In tho country Is a useful and pleasant adjunct to tho farm If bo Is proper y controlled and enred for, but when neglected may readily become n carrier of dlsenso to slock. In addition to gaining opportunity to kill sheep and destroy gardens niul other property. Dog ordinances, ns n general rule, have been Intondod clilellj to curb tho dog's power of do lug harm by attacking, biting, Wring, Wr-ing, or running sheep or stock. Tbo part that ho plays as a carrier of diseases to nnlmnlg only recenfy has been recognized, according to tbo zoologists of tho department, who be-llevo be-llevo that when this Is better understood, under-stood, rural ordinances nnd laws which lCBsen this dnnger will gain tho support of tbo community. Of tho diseases carried to stock by dogs, tbo foot and mouth disease Is probably of tho greatest Interest nt this time. In this caso tho dog nets us n mechanical carrier ot Infection. Infec-tion. The dog which runs across nn Infected farm easily may carry In tho dirt on his feet tbo virus of this most contagious of animal disease dis-ease to other farms nnd thus spread tho disease to tho neighboring herds. In Infected localities It Is absolutely essential1, therefore, to keep nil dogs chained and never to allow them off the farm eveept on leash Tliero nro, however, many other maladies In tho spread of which tho 'dog takes an active part. In Bulletin j 260 of tho department, "Tho Dog Cnrrlcr of Parasites and Disease," It Is pointed out thnt rabies, hydatid, j ringworm, roundworm, nnd tongtio I worm are often ns conveyed to hu- I man beings In this wny. it occa- i slonul'y happens no that tho dog helps fleas and ticks In transmitting bubonic plaguo or tbo deadly spotted fovor. Hydatid dl&easo 1b caused by tbo presence In the liver, kidneys, brain, lungs, nnd other organs of a bladder worm or larval1 tapeworm. Bladder worms nro often na large as an orange or-ange and may bo lnrgcr. A dog which Is allowed to feed on enrrion or tho raw viscera of slaughtered nnl-mnls nnl-mnls may eat nllt or part of a bladder blad-der worm containing numerous tapeworm tape-worm heads. Theas tapeworm beads dovelop into omnll segmented tapeworms tape-worms In tho intestines of tho dog. The tapeworms In turn develop eg'; which nro passed out In tbo excro-ment excro-ment of tho dog. They nro spread broadcast on grass nnd In drinking water whero animals can very wo'l cat them and thus become infected. Tbo beg Is particularly liable to this dlsenso becauso of Its rooting habits. hab-its. Tho eggs tuny get into human food, and persons who allow dogs to lick their bands and fnco n'so run tho risk of getting tho eggs of tho tapeworm In their systems. Prevention on tho farm consists In so destralnlng tbo dog that tho can not got nt carrion or raw viscera. Viscera should bo boiled beforo bo-Ing bo-Ing fed to dogs and should novor bo thrown on tho fields. If not cooked and fed, viscera and carcasses Bhould bo burned, burled with llmo or so disposed of ns not to bo ncccsslblo to dogs. Proper feeding of tho dog Is essontlal1 and tho owner who does not feed a dog properly has no right to keep ono. Tho paraBlto which causes gld In sheep somowlint resembles tho hydn-I hydn-I till worm. A dog allowed to eat tiio brnln of a gddy sheep may swallow this paraBlto and later dlstrlbuto tho oggs of tho resulting tapeworm ocr tbo pnBturo. Sheep whl o grazing swallow tho oggs with tho grass that they eat. In tho ease of sheep dogs it is important to administer vorml-fugo vorml-fugo ofto ncnough to keep thorn free of thoso worms. In tho caso of sheep mcaBlcB, tho bladder worm In tho meat, typical of this dlsenso, Is swallowed by tbo dog nnd again tho tapeworm eggs nro passed by tho dog to grass or water, and there aro eaten eat-en by sheep. Of tbo oxtorlal parasites which dogs may carry to anlmnls, fleas and the nrIous kinds of ticks nro both troublesomo nnd dnngerous. Tho remedy Is elenr. Tho owner must keep his dog clean, not merely for the comfort and happiness ot the dog, but to prevent It from bccomlnp a carrier of disagrcoable and dangor-ous dangor-ous vermin. Theso rcasonnblo measures, Important Impor-tant to tho stock on tho farm, havo a direct connection with tho hcnlth of tbo family. Whero ringworm or other skin dlsenses break out nmong tlto chl'dren or tho form parasites dovelop, It Ig woljj to dotormlno whether whe-ther n dirty or unenred for dog may not bo carrying Infection on bis skin or hair, or bo convoying dlsense from carrion dlroctly to tho food and persons of his friends. Evol If no onn Is Infected with dlseaso, tho folly fol-ly of allowing n dog to remain dirty nnd havo tho freedom of n bomb wboro personal cleanliness and hygl-eno hygl-eno nro respected Is arrarent. |