Report On A Disease Afflicting Neat Cattle In Burton Nh Read Before The New Hampshire Medical Society Etc

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Download or read book Reports on the Diseases of Cattle in the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reports on the Diseases of Cattle in the United States: Made to the Commissioner of Agriculture, With Accompanying Documents About the middle of June, 1868, a disease broke out at Cairo, Illinois, at a point where large numbers of Texas cattle bad been landed. It was thought to resemble the disease of the old Spanish cattle on the Gulf coast, and was thence called "Spanish fever" and "Texas cattle disease." This spread into Southern Illinois and other districts in connection with the grand depot at Cairo. My attention was called to the serious nature of this disease when visiting the fair of the State Agricultural Society at Springfield, Illinois, and I was induced to secure the services of Professor Gamgee, of London, England, who was at the time in this country, to make a full investigation, under the following instructions: In view of the alarming and continued ravages of the cattle disease in Illinois, known popularly as the "Spanish fever," and assumed to be communicated by cattle recently from Texas, I hereby authorize you to make investigations into its cause and character, and ascertain and report, if possible, a practicable remedy or means of prevention. In accordance with this letter, the professor visited the districts in Illinois and vicinity which were affected. In the spring of this year he visited that part of Texas on and near the Gulf coast, and, accompanied by Mr. H. W. Ravenel, of South Carolina, an accomplished botanist, examined into the conditions of food and general mode of life of the native cattle of Texas at those points whence transportation began. The observations made are embodied in the reports of Messrs, Gamgee and Ravenel accompanying. It being desirable that some observations should be made upon the effect of fungi entering the system of animals in producing alterations of the blood and other animal fluids, or general deviations from health in stock, an application was made by this Department to Brevet Brigadier General J. K. Barnes, Surgeon General United States army, that Doctors J. S. Billings and E. Curtis, assistant surgeons United States army, might be authorized to assist Professor Gamgee in his experiments upon the subject of the cryptogamic causes of disease. The Surgeon General authorized these gentlemen to enter upon that duty, and their report is appended. It is not to be presumed that this report renders further investigation needless; on the contrary, some practical points not yet reached urgently demand examination. One of these is the best mode of arresting contagion and the proper preparation for cattle before being transported north. To carry out this investigation a further appropriation is needed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.