RABIES ON INCREASE
IN ALASKA
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i: A final diagnosis of rabies was
made on fifteen specimens sub
mitted by the Anchorage Labora
tory to Dr. R. G. Green at the
University of Minnesota, the Ter
1 ritorial Department of Health re
i vealed today.
Specimens consisted of heads
{ from five dogs, eight foxes, one
f wolf and one coyote, collected in
various points of Interior Alaska
by the U. S. Fish and Wild Life
agent, Ray Woolford of Fairbanks,
who states that the disease is
rapidly spreading over tjie Interior
of Alaska along the Yukon and
Kuskokwim drainage syste m s .
During the month of January ap
proximately twenty-four dogs in
Stevens Village have died with
. rabies-like symptoms. Four speci
mens from this group were shown
to be positive by laboratory ex -.
amination.
The disease, as a rule, is trans
mitted through the bite of a mem
ber of the dog family. Persons bit
ten or exposed fall into one of the
following categories with refer
ence to the Pasteur treatment.
1. The dog biting is rabid: see a
physician for immediate treat
ment.
2 The biting animal is a wolf,
coyote or fox having symptoms of
madness: see a physician for im
mediate treatment.
3. The dog biting shows sugges
tive symptoms: see a physician for
immediate treatment; discontinue
’. if diagnosis in dog is established
as negative.
4. The dog biting is not identi
fied. This is a common occurrence.
The rule in such cases is to advise
the Pasteur treatment except in
regions known to be free of rabies.
5. The dog biting is not mad:
observe it carefully for fourteen
|f days, and if no symptoms develop
and the dog has not been bitten by !
another dog there is no danger of
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rabies in the person bitten.
The dog is especially suscepti
ble, and because of his roving
habits is the chief disseminator of
the disease to man. Rabid wolves
and foxes lose their normal fear
of human beings and human habi
tation. They fearlessly invade
towns and villages where they at
tack man and domestic animals.
Dogs bitten in such attacks devel
op the disease and disseminate it
to other dogs and man.
The disease among dogs can be
controlled by effective muzzling
or “tying down" of dogs or other
methods of restraint as long as the
epizootic persists and for six
months after the last known case
in the district.
To effectively control the dis
ease in an infected area impound
ing or human destruction of all
dogs found running at large is
necessary to stamp out the scourge.
Dogs that have bitten persons or
animals should not be killed un
less it is clear they have symp
toms of rabies and then only if
they cannot be apprehended with
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ATTORNEY C. C. TANNER
RETURNS TO NOME
C. C. Tanner, City Attorney, re- ,
turned home from the States after
a month’s absence. He stopped
enroute at Juneau and visited the
Legislature while in session. He
states he is glad to be back, there 1
is no place like home.
DON STEWART ENROUTE
TO BEAVER CREEK
Don Stewart, manager of the
Casa de Paga Mines, arrived Mon
day evening enroute to Heaver
Creek, where a crew has already
started working
safety. It is important to know if
the dog is rabid. Animals killed
early in the course of rabies, as a
rule, fail to show microscopic evi
dence of the disease causing a de
lay in the diagnosis. Never shoot
or strike the animal in the head
If killed, the head should be re
moved with great care, frozen if
practical, packed in a leak-proof
container and sent to our nearest
laboratory without delay.
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