Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1899 — LIVE STOCK DISEASES. [ARTICLE]

LIVE STOCK DISEASES.

Summary of the Conditions for the Year Jasf Ended. “The veterinary department of the experiment station at Purdue University,” said Prof. A. W. Bitting, “has been keeping careful observation upon the occurrence of the diseases of domestic animals in the State. “Cattle were affected by an unusual number of diseases. Contagious Sore eyes existed as an epidemic during the late summer. While it did not cause many fatalities, it resulted in much loss in delaying the fattening process and in a diminished flow of milk. A few weeks later an epidemic of sore foot and mouth disease occurred, also causing considerable loss. Within the past few weeks several hundred fatalities have resulted from eating spoiled corn and fodder. “Tuberculosis has been found where it had not been supposed to exist, and requests for tuberculin tests are constantly being made. The station, however, is not prepared to conduct these tests. Symptomatic anthrax caused considerable alarm in some localities. “Sheep escaped disease, as a rule, during the summer months, but late reports indicate some trouble may be expected thiß winter. Horses have been practically free from epidemics.”