Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1913 — Valuable Cattle Dying of Highly Contagious Disease. [ARTICLE]

Valuable Cattle Dying of Highly Contagious Disease.

Monon News. , Anthrax, onelof the most deadly and highly contagious diseases known to the animal species, has invaded the Trout & Minch ranch, northwest of Reynolds, and up to Monday 18 head of valuable 3-year-ofd steers had succumbed to it within the past ten days. The disease is rapid in its work and soon after it becomes noticeable the victim drops dead. The herd consists of 63 head valued at S9O each and has been feeding on the ranch during the past year. The state “veterinarian and two doctors from Chicago have inspected the cattle and ordered a strict quarantine. The surviving steers were vaccinated Sunday and the ones not affected placed in a separate, pasture. The animals are buried where they die and the graves disinfected with quick-lime. This is said to be the first instance that anthrax has ever appeared -tn Indiana.