Show FUU F AND ra un U T H I 1 DISEASE the disease effects chiefly cattle sheep goats and swine but with care the ani animals mals recover you gave have heard of 0 the notorious I 1 foot and mouth disease which ha hay caused so much alarm the country here are the leading features of the fie scourge scour gB gw the disease effects chiefly cattle sheep goats and swine hut but a number of other animals may be susceptible cep tible table and even man may contract it altho human susceptibility very uncommon it if milk from an infected cow is given to children severe illness will result concerning the symptoms of the disease we quote the following from the department of agriculture latest bulletin on the subject the first indications of the disease are a chill followed uy oy a high fever temperature rising rapidly sometimes to F in a short time vesicles about the size of the pea appear in the mouth at the end of the tongue on the inside of the cheeks che elca and on the gums these vesicles lei contain a yellowish watery fluid they spread as the disease advances and cause the animal to open its mouth uneasily with a characteristic smacking sound A day or two after first appearance of the eruptions in the mouth similar indications appear upon the feet which are swollen red and tender because of this the animal frequently persists in lying down end and bedsores bed sores develop with much rapidity in the case of cawi cow s the udder and mord mora frequently the teats te ts are affected by b a similar eru arup P tion once the disease la Is well established it becomes so painful tor for the animal to eat that food Is frequently refused altogether strings of saliva hang from the mouth and flesh Is 13 ost with astonishing rapidity when the udder is seriously affected the milk becomes contaminated and may 1 causo cause serious results to suckling calves and young pigs in mild ca cases ses from 10 to 20 days may bring about an apparent recovery but this time may be greatly extended moreover an apparent recovery by no means implies a real cure the animal may carry tho the virus in its blood tor for a year or more and Is liable during all this time to spread the contagion or to experience a recurrence itself the mortality considering si the seriousness of the disease and the losses it occasions is very small being estimated by some authorities at 5 per cent although it frequently Is much greater than this the mortality however by no means represents the real losses occasioned by the di disease gease nto no revenue is possible from infected herds and in tho the case of dairymen an outbreak ot of toot foot and mouth disease frequently means that their business is completely ruined rii ined blooded or other cattle that have become sick with the disease naturally lose their value as breeding animals it is however impossible to get rid ot of the disease by ignoring it the only possible remedy is to kill off infected herds disinfect the premises and begin over again what the disease means to those countries where it has gained a real grip is shown by the th fact that on its last serious outbreak in germany the german Covern government ment spent in fighting it in 1890 off official leil statistics showed that in the german empire head of cattle kofl and goats goat gottsand sand and swine bine were affected with the disease during the niile same year the pestilence ravaged live stock in france italy Bol belgium gium austria hungary switzerland koumanis Kou nou mania and bulgaria in 1883 it was estimated that the disease cost england on the occasion of the last outbreak in the united states in 1908 was appropriated by congress |