. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. 296 INFECTIOUS DISEASES or in case a part of the pasture is swampy, we may prevent further loss by fencing off this portion. Drinking pLaces that are convenient and free from hlth should be provided. Watering troughs and drinking fountains should be cleaned and disin- fected every few weeks. For this purpose, use a three per cent water solution of a cresol disinfectant, or a ten per cent water solution of sulfate of iron. Dusty quarters should be cleaned and disinfected. Dirt floors may be sprinkled with crude Fig. 102.—A yearling s
. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. 296 INFECTIOUS DISEASES or in case a part of the pasture is swampy, we may prevent further loss by fencing off this portion. Drinking pLaces that are convenient and free from hlth should be provided. Watering troughs and drinking fountains should be cleaned and disin- fected every few weeks. For this purpose, use a three per cent water solution of a cresol disinfectant, or a ten per cent water solution of sulfate of iron. Dusty quarters should be cleaned and disinfected. Dirt floors may be sprinkled with crude Fig. 102.—A yearling steer affected with septicemia hemorrhagica, intestinal form. All of the animals in the herd sliould be vaccinated with hemorrhagic septicemia bacterin. Cattle pasturing in a field where the disease has been known to occur fiom year to year, should be protected by vaccination. Anthrax, Charbon.—This is an acute infectious disease af- fecting many different species of animals. Anthrax is one of the oldest animal diseases, and early in the history of the race it existed as a plague in Egypt. It most cc-xiimonly affects cattle, sheep and horses. Man contracts the disease by handling wool and hides from animals that have died of anthrax, and by acci-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Craig, Robert Alexander, 1872-. Philadelphia London, J. B. Lippincott company
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