Show The County Agents Report Duchesne County Farms News by Lloyd Smith and Norris PROFESSOR GIVES ON BRISKET DISEASE Brisket disease is contracted r by cattle grazing summer at high elevations on the Joseph Veterinary Science Utah State told a meeting of cattle-err this occurs at elevations ear J and only on ranges where there are he it is c found in the states of 3 5 Colorado and Wyoming has determined that it can be contracted on parts of all the national forests in our Measurements of tak- en carttIe which have tiled n from disease show the ven- on the right side has creased as as 50 Jend 23 in the can no longer function properly and fluids no longer remain W in An of liquid occurs in the area ft which lies in front of the front thus name This disease causes severe to cattle It affects the spring calves and strikes In mid-or late summer after they have grazed on mountains for two or three An owner may lose as many as 10 or 15 calves in ai single though mature cows may contact ithe it is more fatal to None live unless removed from the high ranges when early symptoms appear and even then majority will Blake Brisket disease is hard to rc-search of the primitive area it It is classified with heart and respiratory diseases cause not completely is Blake the low oxygen content at high altitudes is one Basic research provides an opportunity to gain knowledge which has general application to heart arid respiratory diseases in both humans and Utah State Agricultural Experiment Station lias had an active research project on this disease for over ten years with most of the work being done in an area north of Trials have also been conducted east of disease apparently does not occur on Mount Nebo and other high ranges which are of the browse This indicates that there are causes other than rarified For several years the Experiment Station Project has included a trial where trace minerals have been As a the has consistently been lower with reduction rates as high as 50 Blake concluded by saying that research on the disease by scientists will continue until it can be controlled or |