Ergotism 107 



First isolate all sick animals and any new cases that may develop to 

 a building some distance from all other stock. If possible supply a 

 hydrant or close well for water, necessary troughs and feed sufficient for 

 several months. Getting such a supply at first aids in preventing the 

 spread of the disease. Place one man in charge of the animals and ab- 

 solutely keep every body else away and remove nothing from the build- 

 ing that is taken there, not even the animals that recover for they may 

 have several attacks. The man in charge of the sick animals must not 

 leave the infected pens without changing all clothes, including shoes, 

 washing the hands and face thoroughly through several soapy waters and 

 placing on clean clothes. Do not let the man touch the infected clothes 

 after washing and do not let the clean clothes come near the infected 

 clothes or pens. 



Keep the infected pens clean but do not throw the manure where it 

 will be washed by rains, use barrels of lime with the manure. Keep 

 some lime on the floors of infected pens. This disease can be kept from 

 spreading in small lots much easier tlian if cattle or hogs are allowed 

 much range. % 



All of the herd showing no symptoms should be kept on a small area 

 for at least two weeks and each animal should be tied and fed and 

 watered in individual buckets. That is each healthy animal should have 

 a bucket to eat and drink out of and no other healthy animafl should be 

 fed out of the same bucket. Any new cases developing should be 

 placed in the pen with the sick ones. Use plenty of lime where such an- 

 imals are kept. The man caring for the sick animals must not come near 

 the we 1 animals. Neither must any article used about sick animals be 

 removed from in or about such pens. 



After the disease is over the building and surrounding ground must 

 be thoroughly disinfected by burning a 1 manure and disinfecting by the 

 use of formalin, one pint to the gallon of water. 



ERGOTISM 



(False Foot and Mouth Disease) 



There is a fungus called ergot that grows chiefly on rye, red top, 

 blue grass and timothy during wet seasons. It is to be found on the 

 seed portion of the plant. The seeds effected with ergot attain several 

 times their normal size have a hard shelly covering are black and often 

 crescent shaped. This disease is more likely to occur where stock are on 

 dry feed and consuming the seeds, This disease may be mistaken for 



