28 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 



State officers while at Topeka, this disease was substantially the same 

 as that which existed at Neosho Falls. The distance between these two 

 points must be at least 175 miles in a direct line. 



After investigating- the disease in the neighborhood of Neosho Falls, 

 1 proceeded as directed to Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, to visit 

 herds at that pla(;e rei)orted to be affected with foot-and-mouth disease. 

 On March 27 1 was at the farm of William Bragg, who lived 5 miles 

 south of Kirksville. The disease in this section was first noticed here, 

 but later (3 other herds, within a radius of 4 miles, have had affected 

 animals. The only new animal introduced on the Bragg farm was a 

 steer bought- in the neighborhood about December 20. This was one 

 of the first to sicken, but there was no disease on the farm from which 

 it came. A cow that had been purchased a month earlier sickened 

 about the same time. This was in the latter part of January. The 

 weather had been extremely cold early in January, and reached 10° or 

 12° below zero at other times during the month. 



At the time of my first visit there were 4 animals lying in the stable. 

 One cow had lost a hind leg from about half way between the hock and 

 fetlock joints; the bones had separated at the latter joint and the meta- 

 tarsal bone protruded half its length beyond the flesh. The other hind 

 leg was dividing at the fetlock joint. Six inches at the end of the tail 

 was gangrenous, and was being separated from the remainder of the 

 organ. There were a number of abrasions and small discolored spots in 

 the mouth. A second cow had a healthy mouth; both hind feet were 

 lost at the coronet, and the tip of the tail was gangrenous. A steer, 

 probably two years old, had lost both hind feet at the fetlock, about an 

 inch of the tail was lifeless, and the mouth contained a number of sores 

 and discolorations. A second steer was in almost precisely the same 

 condition. A third steer was walking around the yard, very lame, and 

 had a large slough of the tissues on the ijosterior surface of the fetlock 

 joint. A fourth steer in the pasture had both limbs as high as and in- 

 cluding the fetlock joint stiff and cold. Still another aninml was lame 

 in the hind limb. Seven herds within a radius of 4 miles had suffered. 

 Six abortions were reported. 



April 24 and 25 I visited a number of the diseased herds in Effingham 

 and adjoining counties in Illinois. The farm of Lemuel Faunce is situ- 

 ated 10 mUes northeast of Effingham and one and one-half miles Irom 

 Montrose. The first cases api)eared in the latter part of December, and 

 began with diarrhea and other signs of digestive disturbance. There 

 were 21 head of cattle on the farm and no new ones had been purchased 

 at the time of or immediately preceding the outbreak. Two cows, each 

 of which li^d both liiud legs affintted, had been killed before my visit; 

 1 steer has a hind limb off at the fetlock; another has a clear line of 

 demarcation formed at the fetlock, the i)art below being gangrenous; a 

 bull has lost both toes from one foot and one toe from the other; 2 other 

 animals were very stiff. One steer had two at^.acks and another had 



