44 Glanders and Farcy 



Prevention and Treatment 



Stay absolutely away from all infected pens and animals because 

 the disease can be carried on the shoes or clothing. Keep all effected ani- 

 mals in small open pens away from stock, barns, and pastures and disin- 

 fect the pens well, especially before rains with 1 pait Potassium Per- 

 manganate to 25 parts of water. Keep dogs, neighbors, etc. out. Bury all 

 dead animals where they die in a bed of quick lime, bury at least 6 feet 

 deep. If they are burned haul the wood to the dead animals and don't 

 drag them to the wood for that spreads infection. Be sure all particles 

 burn up completely so no portions can be carried by crows, dogs, cyotes, etc 

 If the dead animals are skinned, (which should not be done, since 

 man will take the disease). The hide should be soaked in carbolic acid 

 or sheep dip solution for 10 hours. This solution should be in propor- 

 tion of 14 gallons of drug to 5 gallons of water. Burn all clothes of 

 attendants. 



Pasteur's protective innoculation against anthrax is hard to produce 

 in horses. That is it is quite hard to make a healthy horse immune to the 

 disease although it is possible to produce immunity for a few months. 

 A pasture will hold Anthrax infection as long as ten years. It is best 

 to crop such fields. There is a serum on the market to inject into sick 

 animals which is partly successful. One ounce (2 tablespoonsful) of 

 Creolin given every 5 or 6 hours in 2 pints of Raw Oil is probably the 

 most effective drug treatment for the sick horses but it is of little benefit. 

 In such cases the closest deputy state veterinarian should be called into 

 consultation since he is paid by the state for such assistance. 



GLANDERS AND FARCY 



This is one of the oldest diseases effecting horses, mules, donkeys, 

 rabbits and man. This disease occurs in all quarters of the world. If 

 my advise is heeded, you can not be too careful in dealing with a sus- 

 pected case of this disease. Man will contract glanders from stock and 

 it is therefore one of the most dangerous diseases known to veterinary 

 medicine. 



Never examine a suspected case or go in buildings where there is 

 a suspected case without being properly masked over the nostrils and 

 mouth to prevent the entrance of disease germs into your own system. 



These germs are about .09811 inches in length and .04618 inches in 



