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ing places or feed -boxes. The sick animals should be 

 separated from the others by some distance, and their lo- 

 cation be such that the drainage is away from the healthy 

 animals. Affected animals should not be allowed access 

 to streams, as the infection may be carried by the water. 



Some diseases are carried from sick to healthy ani- 

 mals by means of flies, lice, ticks, and possibly other 

 insects. Dogs, foxes, buzzards and other animals that 

 feed on flesh are liable to convey diseases from place to 

 place. Persons are very liable to carry the infection on 

 their feet after walking on infected ground or other 

 material. When sick animals are confined in buildings 

 it is possible to protect them from insects, so that 

 this source of danger is eliminated. Should other cases 

 of the disease occur among animals that have been 

 removed from the sick, the healthy animals should 

 again be separated from the sick and removed to other 

 non-infected quarters. Harness, saddles, blankets, 

 utensils, etc., that have been used on or about animals, 

 should be boiled or otherwise disinfected before being 

 used about healthy animals. 



When animals have been quarantined, a separate 

 attendant should be secured to care for the sick ones. 

 If this is not possible, the attendant should care for 

 the healthy animals first, and after caring for the sick 

 should provide himself with a change of clothing. In 

 handling contagious diseases, precautions should always 

 be taken that the attendant does not himself become 

 infected; for some diseases, among them glanders, an- 

 thrax, probably tuberculosis and some parasitic diseases^ 

 may be communicated from animals to man. 



