HERE ARE WAYS .TO TELL IF YOUR. DOG HAS
RASULS
Here are the early symptoms of rabies
in dogs as outlined by Dr* George W«
Stiles# laboratory director of the Colo*
State Health Department*
There are two types of rabies--dumb and
furious# The first symptom in either 4/p:
type may be a change of disposition* A
friendly dog may become cross, and con
versely, a cross dog may become friendly*
Sometimes they get the wanderlust and
disappear for a day or tv/o# Usually they
stop eating* In the dumb type, the dog’s
lower jaw becomes completely paralyzed
and it is unable to eat or drink* In
both typos the pupils of the eyes may
become dilated and the eyes may become
inflamed* The do& acquires a harsh un
natural bark*
A dog afflicted with furious rabies
drools continuously and may snap at any
one or anything without provocation* As
paralysis sets in, it is less likely to
bite unless picked up or otherwise
aroused* A dog with dumb rabies is un
able to bite in the advanced stages, but
its saliva is deadly if smeared on an
exposed cut*
A rabid dog usually dies in four, five
or six days after the symptoms appear-•
The normal incubation period between in
fections and development of symptoms is
three weeks to several months, although
in extreme cases it may be as long as a
year# The deadly Negri virus may bo
present in the dog’s saliva as much as
seven days before the symptoms becom©
apparent*
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Health authorities emphasize that sus
pected animals should not bo destroyed
because microscopic evidence of the dis
ease may not be obtainable in the oarly
stages* The p.ropor health official
should bo notified and anyone exposed to
the animal should report for examination*
Normally the pastour treatment is not
begun until the animal is definitely
found to be rabid* The incubation period
in humans is longer than in animals»
allowing ample timo for treatment after
tho oxposuro has boon confirmed*
(Copied) Denver Post*
E AS TEQGGJfUNT
An EASTER EGG hunt was hold Sunday,
April 9th$ under tho auspices of tho
Women’s Auxiliary of the V*F»Wo# for tho
children of the sixth grade and under*
Many "kids” v/oro soon scampering ovor tho
hill about 2 P*M*» in spito of tho snow •
and wet, to got their share of the colored
eggs* The oldor children wero supposod
to lot the littlo ones have a 15 minuto
start but instead they arrived first and
scooped up tho easy finds planted for tho
littlo tots* Tho littlo ones wonder if
it pays to play fair as many of them came
homo with nary an ogg» Nocdloss to say,
tho Women word disappointed in tho ro3ult
of their efforts but they will.profit
by thoir first oxpcrionco and if they are
nice enough to try it again next year,,
will figure out some way so that tho big
beys will not got a uiionce share"*
Radio has a lot of first-grade comody
in it* Troublo is, most of tho audionco (
has gone beyond tho first grade*
Roadors Digest
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