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showed that a considerable number of cases occurring in other 

 parts of the State were traceable to street-worn horses shipped up- 

 State. At the same time restrictions were placed upon horses 

 coming from neighboring states, requiring that proper inspection 

 of same be made. This was for the purpose of checking the move- 

 ment of glandered horses from nearby districts. The enforcement 

 of such regulations is very difficult and it is evident that the move- 

 ment of all imported equine animals should be subject to stricter 

 regulations. While it is true that in the vicinity of Greater New 

 York, disease was evidently being distributed by the movement of 

 equine animals to and from their daily work, it is also probable 

 that some infection is carried by shipments from states or cities 

 against which no quarantine prevails. 



Glanders is primarily a disease of areas where horses are kept in 

 large numbers: Its control is therefore largely dependent upon 

 the proper supervision and inspection of the equine population 

 of cities. This involves suitable sanitary surroundings where 

 horses are fed, watered, and stabled. 



The statistics hereafter given show the relative extent of this 

 disease as compared with former years. Particular attention is 

 called to the material decrease in clinical cases during the past 

 year, while the total number of animals killed has also been much 

 reduced. 



babies 



This disease, affecting practically all warm-blooded animals, is 

 all too prevalent within New York State. Its movement has been 

 eastward for the last few years, until at the present time the prin- 

 cipal centers of infection are in that part of the State. It is al- 

 most continuously prevalent in the neighborhood of large cities, 

 although its existence is possibly concealed or unsuspected and 

 this Department not advised. 



The principal carrier of this infection is the dog. Its appear- 

 ance in other animals or in the human subject is nearly always 

 due to the bite of some member of the canine race. Its eradica- 

 tion is, therefore, largely a problem of canine control. This in- 

 volves proper muzzling or confinement of the animal. The results 

 of this method are well illustrated by the experience of England. 

 Because of their geographical location and the strict quarantine 



