DISEASES OF HORSES 319 



bucket and every piece of harness that has touched it, 

 ropes, halters, bridle, blankets, neckyokes and especially 

 curry combs and brushes, should be carefully washed in 

 a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid. Whitewash the 

 stalls and all about the stable where infected animals 

 have been with 5 per cent of carbolic acid in the white- 

 wash. A clear wash will be as good but the whitewash 

 shows wherever it has been used, and thus aids in mak- 

 ing the work cover every bit of the exposed surface. 



Unscrupulous horse dealers do more crooked work 

 with glandered horses than any other disease from which 

 horses suffer. An animal with the disease will be doc- 

 tored up and worked off on the first innocent purchaser, 

 although in many of the states there are severe penal- 

 ties for such tricks. There is a certain test for glanders 

 called the Mallein test, in w r hich, by means of an injec- 

 tion under the skin on the animal's neck, an experienced 

 veterinarian can determine with great certainty from 

 the reaction, whether or not the animal is diseased. 

 When a horse is suspected, do not buy it until it has 

 been so tested and where it is already your property 

 have it tested yourself. 



But above all beware of the man who calls it "fearcy" 

 and says it is curable. 



