It affects sucking calves chiefly, and is caused by the bacillus necrophorus.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
The relation which the bacillus bears to these conditions is not positively known.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
The measures to be adopted to prevent the spreading of the disease must take into consideration not only the tubercle bacillus, but likewise all those circumstances that make cattle more susceptible to the disease, and which have already been dwelt upon.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler