264 DK. LEGEAR'S STOCK BOOK. 



may be used for the diagnosis of glanders in the same manner 

 as tuberculin is used for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. The 

 greatest problem connected with the control of glanders is there- 

 fore solved, and the question is no longer one of possibility, but 

 of expediency." 



Treatment. As glanders is an incurable and contagious dis- 

 ease, every effort should be made to have the animal destroyed 

 as soon as it is known to be affected, and the carcass burned. 

 The stable, harness, blankets, and all utensils used in connection 

 with the animal should be thoroughly disinfected. Suspicious 

 cases should be quarantined until it is known positively whether 

 the disease exists or not. It is a criminal offense in the State 

 of Texas to sell, trade, or dispose of a horse or mule that is 

 known or even supposed to have glanders or farcy. 



LOCO WEED POISONING. 



The loco weed grows natural in some of the Western and 

 Southern States. When eaten in large quantities it produces 

 very poisonous effects. Horses and cattle Seem to acquire a 

 taste for it, and it is eaten more in the early spring when grass 

 is scarce, as it has a tempting green appearance. It seems to 

 exert its influence on the nervous system, as the animal affected 

 walks like a drunken man. The animal may be very excitable, 

 and loses flesh and gets very poor. They will finally acquire 

 such a taste for it that they will eat nothing else. Delirium 

 comes on, and the animal may die as if from brain fever. 



Treatment. If the animal is removed from the weed before 

 too much injury is done, he will recover. Medicine does not seem 

 to do much good. Good care and good feeding may build up 

 the system and throw off the effects of the poison. 



