64 MOUNTED INSTRUCTION 



Sunshine: Destroys germs. Whenever sufficient time may be had, 

 infected clothing or any article to be disinfected, especially where the 

 infection is on the surface, can be rendered safe by long- exposure to 

 sunshine. The germs of some diseases cannot lurk and produce in sun- 

 light or in the presence of oxygen, but indefinitely in dark, damp places. 



Chemical : There are a number of chemical agents that are frequently 

 used and most of them are coal tar products. These are supplied by the 

 veterinary with directions for using same. 



Isolation: Is a preventative measure wherein an animal affected with 

 contagious disease, or one suspected of such disease, is separated 

 from the healthy animals and placed by itself. 



Each isolated animal must be provided with a separate feed box, 

 water bucket, blanket, and grooming outfit, none of which should be 

 removed from the place of isolation until properly disinfected. Atten- 

 dants should have no duties which bring them in contact with other 

 animals. No animal carcass, forage, bedding or manure should be 

 removed from the place of isolation without proper authority. After 

 an animal has been removed from the place of isolation, his entire 

 equipment, watering bucket, feed box, etc., should be disinfected. 



Care of the Corral: Manure, soiled bedding, and refuse about the 

 feed boxes and mangers should be removed daily and hauled to the 

 dump. Feed boxes and mangers should be swept or brushed out 

 daily, and once a week the feed boxes and a portion of the wood work 

 immediately surrounding them should be well scraped and washed 

 clean with boiling water. The doors and windows should be kept 

 open at all times, excepting during storms, and bales of hay or straw, 

 and empty sacks or sacks filled with grain that may have become wet 

 by rain blowing through open windows or doors should be scattered 

 about and allowed to dry. The corrals and picket lines should be 

 swept daily, and special attention must be paid to the ground beneath 

 the watering trough to see that it is kept clean and dry. If the floor 

 of picket line should be of soft earth, it should be sprinkled once a 

 week with crude oil. Horse covers and saddle blankets that have 

 been used and which for any reason are to be stored away in the 

 stable should be thoroughly dried before storing. 



COMMON DISEASES, WOUNDS AND LAMENESS 



In control of infectious diseases ])re\ention is the most important 

 procedure. The isolation of healthy animals from infected animals 

 should be primarily considered, and if at any time an animal shows 

 the symptoms of an infectious disease it is essential to protect the 

 others from such a source of danger. In some of the infectious diseases 

 it is of may become advisable to kill the infected animals in order to 

 avoid the spread of the disease. 



INFLUENZA 



The term influenza is apjjlied to a contagious disease of horses, 

 which is characterized by a blood infection, causing inflammation of 

 the mucous membranes and frequently involving the lungs. 



