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Page (! Colle.fye Station, Toxns Thursday, February 28, 19H3 THE BATTALION COSTS $35 MILLION YEARLY Ranchers Battle ‘Cattle Malaria’ Animal scientists in Texas and other states are still trying 1 to crack one of the most baffling cat tle disease mysteries to come along’ since the famed fever tick case. They call it anaplasmosis, an ailment that sets U.S. cattlemen back about $35 million each year. ANAPLASMOSIS is' an acute red blood cell destroying - disease of cattle, and is transmitted to the animals by blood sucking insects like horse flies and certain ticks. Mosquitoes also are suspected. The condition is sometimes called cattle malaria as it can be compared to malaria in humans. Mortality can be high — more than 50 per cent in some cases. The disease is most prevalent in Texas along the Gulf Coast, but it also pops up far inland along river bottoms. LEADING THE research here at A&M are Dr. Ted E. Franklin, associate professor in the Depart ment of Veterinary Microbiology and head of the Anaplasmosis Re search Laboratory, and Dr. John Huff, assistant professor in the same department. They and many other researchers have been work ing on the problem for a long while. Franklin says they know a lot about anaplasmosis, but not enough. They know that calves usually don’t get the disease. Grown animals are the victims. If an animal recovers from the sick ness, it becomes' immune and a carrier of anaplasmosis. Then when the carrier is bitten by a blood sucking insect, the insect can transmit the disease to sus ceptible cattle. THE SCIENTISTS are sure the anaplasmosis organism is not a virus, and they are fairly sure it is not a bacterium. Instead, they be lieve the trouble-maker is a para sitic protozoan. A protozoan is a microscopic, one-celled animal. Recently, researchers gathered on campus for their annual Ana plasmosis Research Workers Con ference. Thirty-eight persons at tended from 11 states and Mexico. Franklin said major research progress information to come out of the meeting was the following: (1) Studies of blood serums have shown that there are types of proteins which may have a bear ing on the disease. This advance could help scientists to understand the basic nature of the ailment. (2) A treatment which shows promise is the low-level feeding - of antibiotics to cattle to inhibit ac- Wildlife Department Members Plan To Participate In Detroit Meeting Six students and faculty mem bers will participate in the North American Natural Resources and Wildlife Conference in Detroit, Mich., early next week. Students attending the confer ence will be Emmett G. Kelly of Center, Colo., Robert West of Gainesville and James H. Bartee of Denton, all wildlife management majors. Faculty members are Dayle Sittler, associate professor of physics; Egon Zuch, Texas Agri cultural Experiment Station staff members; and Jim Teer, an assist ant professor of wildlife manage ment. tion of the disease organism. (3) There is a possibility that the organism can be grown in a tissue culture. This is often the first step in developing a preven tive. FRANKLIN SAID the two most promising control methods so far are the Number 2 item above and a program of testing - and segrega tion of reactor animals. He said that in Oklahoma, the testing and segregation system, with rigid control over new ani mals coming - in, has completely controlled the disease in several herds over a number of years. In the meantime, researchers must learn more about the ana plasmosis organism before they can come up with practical con trol recommendations. They have their foot in the door but are hav ing difficulty prying it open any further. Future Teachers Plan Austin Trii IE BA H Eleven students of the Depart ment of Education and Psychology are in Austin today taking part in the annual Student Education As sociation’s state convention. The convention began with reg istration this afternoon at the Commodore Perry Hotel. Thei - e will be various meetings and work shops on topics related to mem bership and recruiting* Friday and Saturday. A banquet and installa tion of new officers will climax the event Saturday night. A&M delegates are John Zum- walt, Arno Krebs, Hugh Magers, Charles Organ and Donald Neu man. The convention is used to ac quaint future teachers with a pro fessional organization, the Texas State Teachers Association; to elect state officers for the coming year; and to acquaint student lead ers with means of improving local chapters. 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