The Foot and Mouth Disease in Illinois

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... is not regarded seriously in Europe; that all they do there is to inoculate all the susceptible animals so that it will pass through the herd quickly, and in a couple of weeks the animals are entirely well, and in as good condition as ever. I am glad that Dr. Moore and others have today refuted that statement, and quoted for us the opinions of such eminent and reliable_'European authorities. We, in this country, know very little of the disease. Our farmers know nothing from experience of the complications, secondary infections, and bad results that follow in its wake. We have been successful in eradicating the disease so promptly that our farmers have been spared the bitter experience and the price so often payed forlessons we learn from experience. I perhaps cannot use the remainder of my time to better advantage than to relate a personal experience with a herd that had passed through the disease in Massachusetts in the outbreak of 1902 and was spared. The herd passed through the disease the latter part of October. I arrived at Boston, on December 9th, and my first assignment was to investigate the condition of a herd located near Sharon, Mass. This herd belonged to a prominent business man who resided in Boston. He called at the office some time before my arrival in Boston, and requested of Dr. Salmon, who was then chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, that his herd be spared a it had passed through the disease several weeks before, and was now in good condition. He stated that the lesions were all healed, that the animals were all eating, cows were all coming back to their milk. On examination of this herd, I found no lesions or conditions of consequence. I did find some old scars in the mouths of a few of the animals and a lump in...