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CATTLE 



•' KING SEGIS PONTIAC ALCARTRA." A $53,000.00 Champion Holstein Bull, Stevens Bros., Liverpool, N. V. 

 THE HOLSTEI N-FRIESI A N breed of dairy cattle originated in Holland. They are the largest in size of the dairy breeds. Bulls 

 weigh 1700 to 2200 lbs.;cou-s I4OO to ISOO lbs. Color is black and white. While the Jer.-sey type is noted for the fine quality of milk 

 the Holstein is noted for the great quantity. It is this type that is used largely by dairy farms supplying larger cities. 



CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS 

 DISEASES 



Rabies, or hydrophobia. This disease is 

 prevalent to a greater or less extent in every 

 state, and is a serious problem to stock 

 owners adjacent to large cities. 



The disease can only be produced by the 

 bite of a rabid animal. It is essentially a 

 dog disease and infectious to every specie 

 of domestic animal and man. We find that 

 the closer the bite is to the head, the quicker 

 is the incubation period. The period of 

 incubation is longer in the summer than in 

 the winter. It has always l)een supposed 

 that rabies was a disease of the summer 

 months, but statistics wnll show a greater 

 mortality in live stock and in the human 

 being during the winter months. 



Symptoms. In cattle we have one symp- 

 tom that predominates over all others; i. e., 

 a continual bawling. It reminds one of a 

 cow that has lost its calf. It will be noticed 



considerable saliva hangs from the mouth, 

 the animal makes attempts to eat and drink, 

 but is unable tj do so. Occasionally in 

 addition to the bawling, we see constant 

 straining efforts. 



If there is any knowledge of an animal 

 having been bitten by a dog, great care 

 should be used by all, when handling the 

 patient. A small cut or abrasion of the skin 

 may be sufficient to permit the entry of the 

 germ, should any of the saliva come in con- 

 tact with the cut. 



Treatment. In the human being we 

 have the Pasteur treatment, which would 

 ]:)robably be just as efficacious in animals, 

 Init the cost is prohibitive. Animal should 

 be placed by itself and the humane owner 

 would have it killed as early as possil^le. 

 Cattle rarely live more than three or four 

 days after the symptoms appear. 



Prevention. Keep your own dog con- 

 fined to the premises and make active war 

 on stray dogs or any that worry live stock. 



