Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-16 | Page 4 | Foot and Mouth Disease Comes West

I FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE COMES WEST. Railroad companies should lie compelled com-pelled to treat all cars n which livestock live-stock arc carried with a disinfectant I That Is the remedy proposed by a local lo-cal veterinary for the checking of the spread cf the foot and mouth dis ease. With the appearance of the disease in Montana, some uneasiness should be felt In Utah and steps should be taken to prevent the affliction entering enter-ing the herds on our ranges. The great source of danger Is the railroad car. By requiring railroads to oither disinfect their livestock cars or submit them to quarantine regulations regu-lations excluding the cars from entrance en-trance to the state one source of the spread of the Infection might be overcome.