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softened or decayed it should be removed, burned, and replaced 

 with new material. 



The stable having been carefully cleaned, the disinfectant, 

 preferably creolin, kreso, or bichloride of mercury, is then applied 

 thoroughly to all surfaces, such as walls, partitions, mangers, and 

 floors (if of concrete or brick). This may be accomplished by the 

 use of brooms or brushes, but the best and most efficient method is 

 by means of a strong spray pump with which the disinfecting solution 

 can be forced into all cracks and crevices. The walls and posts 

 should be disinfected to a height of at least 12 feet from the floor. 

 Feed boxes, and mangers should receive particular attention. The 

 corral should be cleaned thoroughly, and the watering trough, fences, 

 picket lines, and salt boxes thoroughly disinfected. The process 

 of disinfection having been completed, the stable or stall is allowed 

 to dry for three or four days before again being used. When the 

 entire stable has been disinfected, it is well to open all doors and 

 windows for the admission of air and light. 



When disinfection follows an outbreak of mange the stable should 

 not be reoccupied within 8 or 10 days. A second disinfection 6 or 8 

 days after the first is also advisable. In this case unslacked lime 

 may be added to the disinfecting solution. In the Tropics, infected 

 stables constructed of bamboo and other cheap material should be 

 burned. 



472. Disinfection of leather. Bridles, halters, and harnesses 

 should be taken apart, and the stirrups, coat straps, etc., removed 

 from the saddle. All parts are then given a thorough scrubbing with 

 warm water, soap, and a stiff brush, after which they are allowed 

 to dry. They should then be scrubbed with a solution of creolin, 

 kreso, liquor cresolis, or carbolic acid, and dried. The drying in 

 both cases should take place in the shade. 



473. Disinfection of blankets and grooming utensils. Such 

 articles are best disinfected by placing them for 12 hours in a bath 

 of creolin, kreso, bichloride of mercury, liquor cresolis, or carbolic 

 acid. 



474. Disinfection of men's clothing. Articles of wool should 

 be soaked for 12 hours as directed in paragraph 473. Articles of 

 linen or cotton should be boiled or soaked in a disinfectant. 



475. Disinfection of bits, curbchains, and other like articles 

 of metal. Boil or scrub well with any of the disinfectants except 

 bichloride of mercury, which will corrode them. 



