Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1972 Page: 17 of 20
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1972 THE RIO GRANDE HERALD PAGE 17
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Tips Given For Cooking Game Birds
Hunting seasons for dove and
quail are approaching for most
parts of Texas. Although dove
season has opened in the nor-
thern zone, elsewhere the sea-
sons don't begin until later.
Frances Reasonover, foods
and nutrition specialist with the
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service, pointed out that dove
and quail make tasty wild game
treats when properly dressed
and prepared.
"Age quail and dove at a tem-
perature just above freezing
for 24 to 28 hours to remove
some of the gamey flavor which
may detract from eating plea-
sure," the Texas AiM Univer-
sity specialist directed.
She recommended dry-pluck-
ing the birds, rather than skin-
ning them, to conserve flavor
and moisture. After they are
plucked, singe them over a
flame to remove the down.
Next, make a cut along or
across the back to split the
bird apart and remove the en-
tails. Then remove the head,
claws and feet. Wipe the body
cavity clean with a damn cloth.
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Today we are going to dis-
cuss zoonoses. Before you jump
to conclusions, let me quickly
point out that a zoonosis is not
some kind of exotic animal
found in the wilds of Africa, Lit-
erally translated from its Greek
origins, the word means "ani-
mal disease." It is used by
health officers to refer to any
disease that can be interchanged
between animals and man under
natural conditions.
The State Health Department
has long operated a zoonoses
control program. There are
many infectious diseases found
in animals that, under the pro-
per circumstances and setting,
can easily be spread to man.
The most common contact is
with the ordinary house pet.
You've probably heard about
the dangers of rabies from in-
fected wild animals or pets.
Plague, typhus, encephalitis,
Rocky Mountain spotted fever,
and the like, are the diseases
most commonly known by the
general public . Much has been
written and said about these
dramatic diseases, but what a-
bout some of the other chronic,
but usually milder diseases al-
so transmissable from animals?
Of this group, visceral larva
migrans is one of the most
common, and one with which the
State Health Department is very
much concerned. Visceral lar-
va migrans is a chronic disease
caused by the migration of cer-
tain nematode larvae from the
body wastes of animals into the
organs and tissues of its human
victims.
This disease causes an in-
flammation of the inner eye,
enlargement of the liver, var-
ious changes in blood chemis-
try, and a localized acute in-
flammation of the lung (known
to some as "begign pneumon-
ia.") Symptoms may persist
for as long as a year.
The disease occurs world-
wide, but has received the most
attention in the United States.
It occurs sporadically. A young-
ster in one family may come
down, while no other children in
the block will get sick. Mor.f
victims are children from one
to four years old„ It is easy to
see why this would be true since
the reservoir of this disease is
usually the dog and the cat com-
mon to most households.
The mode of transmission is
directly related to the eating of
dirt by young children. Infective
eggs eggs containing larvae can
be transferred from contamin-
ated soil to the mouth.
The eggs reach the soil in
body wastes from infected cats
and dogs. Eggs require several
weeks of incubation to become
infective. After the eggs have
been ingested or transferred to
the mouth of a child, the eggs
hatch in the intestine, the lar-
vae penetrate the intestinal wall
and migrate to the liver and
lungs by way of the lymphatic
and circulatory systems. From
the lungs, larvae are spread by
the body's blood or lymph cir-
culation to various organs,
causing damage by their wan-
derings and causing granulated
tissue or tumors to form.
Dog is man's best friend. But
to keep him and your family
healthy and free of disease, you
can't neglect pet health or pre-
mise sanitation.
Deworm dogs and cats less than
six months old and thereafter
as indicated.
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1972, newspaper, September 28, 1972; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194374/m1/17/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.