HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA IN CATTLE 67 
In case of septicemia hemorrhagica, the cultures will usually reveal 
the presence of Bact. bovisepticum. The lesions will be hemorrhagic 
in nature. 
With anthrax and symptomatic anthrax, the specific bacteria will 
be found and with anthrax the Ascoli test may be tried as well 
as the M’Fadyean stain. 
Prevention. When this disease occurs, it is important to remove 
the unaffected animals to other fields or enclosures. It is well to 
divide them into small groups if possible. The carcasses of animals 
that die should be burned or buried deeply with a good covering of a 
disinfectant, such, for example, as quicklime. Should death occur in 
a stable, all contaminated litter should be burned or thoroughly 
disinfected as well as the floors, mangers and walls. 
Mohler has reported success in immunizing buffalo against this 
disease by means of a bacterin prepared from a culture of the organ- 
ism. Bliss and Carrougeau also recommend immunization. 
Control. Septicemia hemorrhagica is considered by Hutyra and 
others as a disease of the soil. This renders unnecessary extensive 
measures® restricting cattle traffic. In outbreaks the well animals 
should be separated from the infected. The specific organism dies 
soon after drying. Hides from animals that have died become 
innocuous as soon as they become dry. Because of the rapid death 
of the organism and the probable soil origin of the germ it is not 
necessary to impose rigid traffic restrictions. 
Septicemia hemorrhagica in other species. There is considerable 
literature on the presence of septicemia hemorrhagica in sheep and 
more rarely in goats, horses and swine. In most cases the lesions 
seem to take on the form usually found in cattle but modifications 
are numerous. 
Miessner and Schern give the following in reference to this disease 
in sheep: ‘The acute stage is for the most part observed in lambs. 
The animals die within 24 hours without having shown any striking 
symptoms of the disease. The post mortem examination shows a 
hemorrhagic infiltration of the subcutis, stasis in the mucous mem- 
branes of the head, hemorrhagic lymphadenitis in the region of the 
head, sometimes hemorrhagic tracheitis. 
“The subacute stage is characterized by a discharge from the eyes 
and nose and dyspneea. It terminates fatally as a rule within 14-21 
days. The most important post mortem changes consist in a pneu- 
monia and pleuritis. 
