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THE VETERINARY SCIENCE 



Treatment. — If there should be several animals die in the 

 same district, and you suspect this disease, send for one of 

 the government veterinary inspectors, who looks after all 

 contagious diseases. The treatment he will follow, after he is 

 sure of this disease, is: — He will have the affected herd im- 

 mediately destroyed, and the people who have been attending 

 the cattle and those who are on the farm will not be allowed 

 to leave the farm for ninety days. All the stables where the 

 cattle have been will be disinfected and no other cattle will 

 be allowed on the farm for ninety days after the slaughter. 

 Medical treatment is of no avail in this disease, and you are 

 not allowed to treat them. 



2. Foot and Mouth Disease (Epizootic Aphtha). 



This disease while only recently encountered in America 

 is quite common in European countries. The skin, mouth, 

 feet and udder are the organs mostly affected. It cannot be 





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Fig. 70. — Foot 9-nd Mouth Disease. 



looked upon as extremely fatal, although immense loss is oc- 

 casioned by loss in flesh and the depreciation in the amount 

 of milk fit for use. 



Causes. — Contagion is accomplished principally through 

 the discharge from the mouth, although this is apparently not 

 the only way in which the disease is transmitted. Large 



