2l8 LEECHES 



5. Salmon. Treatment of lumpy-jaw or actinomycosis in cattle. 

 Bulletin No. 2, C S. Bureau of Animal Industry. 1893. 



6. Salmon. Actinomycosis or lumpy-jaw. Annual Report, Bureau 

 of Animal Industry. 1893-4, p. 88. 



7. Wolff and Isr.ael. Ueber Reincultur des Actinomyces und 

 seine Uebertragbarkeit auf Tbiere. Virch. Arch. Bd. XXYI. (1891) S. 11. 



LEECHES. 



§ 170. Characterization. "Leeches" or "Leeching" 

 is an infectious disease quite prevalent among the horse kind 

 in Florida with lesions localized on the skin or the mucosa of 

 the head. It is thought by manj- that this affection is identical 

 with the disease known as bursattee* in India. 



This disease is known by a variety of names such as ; 

 barsati, barsati, barsattee, barsatti, bausette, bursati, bursatie, 

 bursatti, bursautee, bursautie, bursauttie, bursottee, burusatee 

 and burusauttee. These names ha^•e been derived from the 

 Indian word burns or bursat, meaning rain or rain sore, it 

 having been supposed that the malady was associated with the 

 rainv season. 



Dr. L. C. Neal, of Florida, described it as affecting horses 

 and cattle. He believes it to be peculiar to that section, where 

 he states, it is common and very fatal to horses and mules. 

 There are hundreds of ponds in the central portion of the 

 state around the margins of which there is usually a belt of 

 grassy prairie, water grass and water lilies. Into these grassy 

 places the horses, mules and cows often go during the summer 

 and feed all da3' in the water. He adds, "after a varying 

 exposure to the influence, or whatever it may be called, of the 

 'pond,' a slight lump or elevation of the skin may be found on 

 some part of the body that has been stibmerged. To the touch 

 it will feel as if a grain of shot were lodged beneath the skin. 

 In eight or ten days the skin sloughs off centrally over this 

 hard spot, leaving a bloody, bruised-like surface. This rapidly 



*It seems to be true that an entirely different affection is known by 

 the same name in the northern portion of the United States. The term 

 " Leeches " is also applied to the condition following the invasion of the 

 liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica). 



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