Show tularemia known as rabbit disease tularemia is one of the many animal diseases which can be transmitted transmit toil to man and is known as rabbit disease beaise it is commonly seen onions wild rabbits all kinds of rabbits rodents coyotes and even wild cli buckens kens k ens may become infected the may be transmitted to humans in several ways most of the cases reported to the utah state board of health have been attributed to the bites of insects such as ticks and cUer d flies since the transmission of the disease in this manner is purely it is quite probable that the disease can be transmitted by he bites of mosquitoes that have fed upon sick animals it I 1 is possible of course 10 lo become infected with the disease through the handling of sick rabbits or from eating infected rabbits which I have ave not been thoroughly cooked fortunately tuna tely the disease o is rarely transmitted from one person to another while the death rate from this il fention high the course of the disease ease is severe the patient usually being totally incapacitated for a period of six weeks or longer the first symptoms are similar to those seen in influenza flu enza typhoid fever and undulant fever the onset u usually occurs from two to five days after the person has become infected and the symptoms are those hose of headache chills fever nausea smiting and an aching sensation of the entire body A persistent ulcer usually develops at the site of the hite and there is a marked si swelling vellin of the he regional lymph glands A bite on oli the he face will cause a swelling within a few hours which might be mistaken tor for mumps As yet no vaccine has ben develop ed is a s a protection against the disease it is e essential therefore that every precautionary measure be taken to protect oneself against the bites of flood suck insects and in the handling of wild rabbits squirrels ind and other wild rodents all game nine meat should be thoroughly cooked before eating the gernt germ will live for months in a freezing tempe arture but is killed by thorough cockill co cooking okill 1 rubber gloves loves ff should lie be worn while n hilt dressing dresing wild rabbits one attack of the di ease case usually confers a lifetime life time immunity in |