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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
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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.
Guest speakers are Dr.l
McFarland of General Mol
Ryles, national student
of the National Education 1
tion; and Richard Carrigaij
rector of NEA.
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