Show LUMPY JAW S NOT contagious DISEASE trouble Is caused by fungus growing on some of grasses rye barley and corn come or lumpy jaw Is a disease not uncommon with cattle it ts Is caused by a fungus that grows on some of tile the common plants such as the grasses rye barley and corn when the th mouth of the animal is injured from eating dry stilt stiff forage as is 13 frequently the case the fungus finds an entrance into the tissues and begins growth this causes the tissues to break down and form pus if the bone Is affected the normal bone will be broken down and new growth of bone takes place around the diseased areas causing an enlargement or lump hence the name lumpy jaw the disease may affect any tissues so there may not always be an enlargement of the jawbones sawbones jaw bones A gradual development of a tumor usually on the lower jaw the side of the face or in the throat are characteristic te symptoms this swelling is not unlike that caused by an injury except that it does not go don doin in a few days if the tongue Is affected it becomes enlarged and the animal has difficulty in eating the teeth may drop out and the jaw become so sore that the animal cannot ruminate after a time the tumor will become soft and break either on the inside or outside this may heal butwill but will break out again later I 1 lumpy jaw Is not cont contagious ailous but affected animals should be separated ruia the rest of at the herd so that the |