Cornstalk disease may be differentiated from this affection from the fact that it always occurs after the cattle are turned into a Cornstalk field, by its sudden onset, the absence of any characteristic symptoms or post-mortem lesions, and the failure to find the causative agent in the blood.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
In earlier times it was evidently confounded with gloss anthrax, and even now it is probably mistaken in a great many instances for anthrax, blackleg, Cornstalk disease, and cerebrospinal meningitis.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
After bearing its fruit, the tree wilts and decays like a Cornstalk, but in due time again springs up from the roots to bear another annual luxuriant crop.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou