Show cattle and sheep often contract shipping fever cattle and sheep while passing through the large stockyards stock yards often contract a disease known as hemor reagle septicemia or shipping fever the losses occur most commonly in ID the fall as cold weather advances and heaviest losses usually occur among stocker and feeding cattle although milking cows and sheep may be affected the disease Is a poisoning of the blood and often runs a short course anal quickly proves fatal the losses from this disease are arc very heavy and the united states state bureau of animal industry Is trying to prevent it from spreading A bulletin has been published which tells how bow to treat this disease and may be ob talked free of charge by writing the united states department of agrical ture washington D C |