Show CARRIERS IF DISEASE dogs blat blamed ned for spread of ailments amono among farm stock Depart department mert of agriculture recently issued bulletin on subject should be controlled and properly cared for dy bt C HALL ph D the dog in the country la Is a useful and pleasant adjunct to the farm if it be he la Is properly controlled and cared tor for but when neglected may readily become a carrier of disease to stock in addition to gaining opportunity to kill sheep and wid destroy gardens and other property dog ordinances its r general rule have beebi Ivi intended ended chiefly to curb the doge doga power of doing harm by attacking biting killing or run ning sheep or stock the part that he plays as a carrier of diser sees to animals only recently has teen ro og according to the department of agriculture which haa has issued a bulletin no on tho the subject the bog as a carrier of parasites and diseases of the disease carried to stock by dogs the foot and mouth disease Is to probably of the greatest interest at this time in this case the dog act acts as a mechanical carrier 0 02 infection the dog which runs across an infected farm easily may carry in the dirt on TI M Z 7 aw held of a doc dor split in half halt to show three in the nasal cavity his feet the vl us of this most contagious of animal di disease seaser to other farms and thus errend the disease to the herds in Infect infected ot localities it Is to absolutely es essential therefore to leep keep all dogs chained and never to allow t em off the farm ex capt on leash there are however many other maladies in the spread of which tho the dog takes an part hy dabid ring ringworm orm favus double pored tapeworm roundworm and tongue worm aro are often conveyed to hulun beings in this way it occasionally happens also that tho dog helps fleas and ticks in transmitting bubonic plague or the deadly spotted fever disease Is caused by the presence in the liver kidneys brain lungs and other organs of a bladder worm worra or larval tapeworm bladder worris are often as large as an orange and may be larger A dog which Is allowed to feed on ou carrion or the saw vii cern of slaughtered animals animal a may eat all or part pat of a bladder worm containing numerous tape tapeworm Form heads obese tapeworm beads heads develop anto small segmented tapeworms in the intestines te stines of the dog the tapeworms in turn develop eggs which are passed out in the excrement of 0 the dog they are spread broadcast on grass and in drinking water ater chero animals can very well eat them arnd thus become infected the hoe hog li ii particularly ll 11 ablo able to this disease because of its rooting habits the eggs mry got into hunan human hu nan food and persons who allow dos dogs to lick their hands and faco face also run tho risk of getting tho eggs of the tapeworm in their systems prevention on an the farm consists Lon sisto in so restraining the dog that he cannot get at carrion or raw viscera viscera should be boiled before being fed to doge dogs and never bo be thrown on the nelds fields it not cooked and fed viscera and carcasses cai casses should be burned buried burled with lime or so disposed ot 0 as not to be accessible to digs proper feeding of the tho dog Is to essential and the owner who does not feed a dog properly prop eily has bas no right to keep one |