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squeezed a vesicle located between the toes and it squirted oul 

 and hit him on the lip and he developed a lot of little vesicles ir. 

 his mouth, and the skin came off and his mouth was quite sore- 

 I don't consider the disease very serious in a human being. Of 

 course we should avoid drinking contaminated milk. The dis- 

 ease is more serious in children than in adults. 



Mr. : Where the disease starts is it of any benefit 



to kill the infected animal and disinfect everything? 



Dr. Houck: No. They segregated infected animals of th(f 

 Dairy Show herd and it went right on through. In Michigar' 

 there is a settlement of Hollanders and they dread the foot anc 

 mouth disease as much as any American. There the disease 

 spread from one herd to 21 herds of that township, through two 

 deliveries of milk, and we had to kill 21 herds. It was fortunatf 

 the disease was not carried to all of the herds of 69 patrons of 

 the creamery. One fellow there heard about the disease, and hif 

 calf began to get sick and he cut its throat and buried it. The 

 news leaked out, and we began to investigate. He denied tha' 

 any calf died. Then he acknowledged the calf did die, 3tnf 

 finally acknowledged he had killed it. We went and dug up the 

 calf and found marked lesions of foot and mouth disease. Ther 

 the state authorities arrested this fellow. Public sentiment was 

 against him, and it cost him about $21 fine, and in about eight 

 or nine days his herd came down and we had to go and kill the 

 herd. He killed the calf and buried it and disinfected, but just 

 the same his herd became infected. Professor Cope, an Englisb 

 veterinary, received a letter from Professor Bang of Copen- 

 hagen, saying, "Since 1876 we have every year once or twice 

 a case of foot and mouth disease. In all cases we kill the cattle^ 

 sheep and swine on the farm, if only one calf is affected." 



Mr. : Is it true that the foot and mouth disea'^e has 



again broken out with the National Dairy herd? I have heard 

 there are three cases broken out again. 



Dr. Houck: I am not well enough acquainted with the his- 



