Show LIVE SCIENCE SEEKING ABORTION RE REMEDY rIEDY Pi i by the Ule United States ot of I More than a a year 3 lei Is a cOnS conservative l' l estimate of the froth froni the great animal plague ph of f tion Dr John It n. n Molder of the United Unit Unit- etl ed States States States' Department of Agriculture p points out that ten Jent ago the losses from tuberculosis and abortion were equal In ten years rears the tu tuberculosis E losses have been halved hal antI and the abortion losses doubled d. d In advIsing live stock growers In Inre re regard ard to the abortion problem Doctor Doc Doc- tor Mohler who Is chIef of the the- bureau of animal Industry does not the tho ss of the condition buthe hut but he holds out hope for eventual sulu- sulu tion reports marled marked progress In the understanding of the disease gives gl Sug suggestions for identification and control con con- I of the disease and warns farmers farm farm- I ers sto stockmen and dairymen against ng medicinal a agents for the he t cure of I abortion Up to the present no cine for the the cure ot of abortion has has' proved pro nn an effective e agent Tile The van van- able activity of the In n a given herd has made It to measure the value alue of remedies and has led to giving ln to su substances st ces of no value Abortion sn says s Doctor Molder strikes directly nt itt the source of our cattle supply and ut at the theer very er organ orm the udder the fu functioning of our whole dairy industry depends The rhe heavy hC toll of the disease Includes not not only the loss of calves cal loss of It I milk directly Incident to the abortion abor- abor ton tion temporary and finel sterility ster ster- nn and breeding troubles but also th the reduced mill milk flow due du 10 to the presence pr sence and activity of abortion badIll ba ba- dill within the The bacillus that causes the disease was discovered about thirty ye years rs ago ngo by Professor Bang ang ot of Sul Ruh sequent study has revealed ninny facts about the disease and amI the organism m. m The bacillus may live for month In n dead animal tissue It may be killed by careful pasteurization and h by ordinary ordinary or- or disinfectants Its favorite fn hab ant Is th the pregnant uterus and It does not remain Ion long as a rule In the non non- pregnant one but It may muy reach the udders ot of Infected cows nn there maintain itself for long long periods and to infect the milk One popularly held says Doctor Mohler Is the belief inthe In Inthe the Importance ot of time the genital org organs ns ot of time the bull ns as a means menns of spreading the Infection This may at times bE bEof beof of Importance but It Is not considered an Important agency of time the spread of infection Calves are rarely Infected d. d Two types ot of the bacillus are recognized one affecting hogs and one cows and the strains of bovine bacilli badlU differ widely In virulence The prIncipal channel ot of Int infection Doctor Mohler sa says s 's Is the e tract This Is contrary to the early belief bellet whIch IncrIminated the genital I tract as thE principal portal ot of infection lion tion Infection Is spread by the aborting abort abort- Ing cow through the products of abortion abor tion anI and the discharge which Coli follow ow to enormous amounts Doctor Mohler emphasizes particularly the danger of Infection from on an Infected cow that has given birth to a calf calt In a seemingly seeming seeming- ly normal manner Cases of normal birth accompanied by Infection In time the placenta and discharges discharges dis- dis charges are grave grae dangers because they are unsuspected elY Discovery of these facts and the fact of the bacillus maintaining Itself I In the the udder for tor Ion long periods have e thrown light on the problem and point the way to better control methods I |