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and hoofs, must therefore always be treated with 

 precaution. The chances of infection by flesh, fat, 

 cleaned guts, and blood, are perhaps more remote, but 

 cannot be lost sight of. 



4. The cattle plague, although affecting every part 4. Particular 



,,..., 'i danger of drop- 



of the animal, shows its visible effects most extensively pings, or faeces. 

 in the intestinal canal. It is believed, and apparently 

 upon good grounds, that the intestinal discharges are 

 the principal agents, upon the distribution of which 

 mainly depends the spread of the disorder. 



5. It follows from the above, that all articles which _ 5 .- Enumeration 



of infected tmugs 



have been in contact with a diseased animal, or any of a 

 its discharges, particularly its faeces, are capable of 

 carrying the infection for an indefinite time, and must 

 be looked upon as being actually infectious to other 

 healthy animals. Such are racks of wood or iron; 

 cribs or mangers of wood, iron, or stone ; articles used 

 for fastening animals ; leather collars and straps, ropes 

 and chains; all harness of any animals used for draw- 

 ing, and all carts, waggons, and carriages which they 

 have actually been drawing; the stalls or sheds in 

 -which animals have been standing ; the whole lengths 

 of the gutters and drains through which their urine 

 has been flowing ; the entire surface over which their 

 manure has been drawn, and all implements with 

 which the removal has been effected ; the entire dung- 

 heap upon which infected manure has been put, and 

 the fluid contents of the manure pit,' or of the special 

 receptacle for the urine; yards or sheds in which cattle 

 have been kept to tread down long straw, and the 

 whole of such straw and manure, as also the ground 

 beneath them ; paths and roads upon which diseased 

 cattle have walked or been carried ; fields and meadows 



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