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plague. All persons therefore buying new animals, 

 should disinfect them before allowing them to enter 

 their premises. In a similar manner, if in a stable 

 there has been a case of plague, the healthy or appa- 

 rently healthy animals should all be disinfected. 



2. The mode in which live animals may be disin- 2. Mode and 



means ot disin- 

 fected, consists in washing them with disinfectant fecting live stock. 



solutions of such strength as will destroy the contagion 

 without injuring the surface of the animal. A solu- 

 tion of two ounces of chloride of lime in a gallon of 

 water, is a proper solution for washing the coat of 

 animals. A mixture of four ounces of Condy's red 

 permanganate of potash fluid, with one gallon of water, 

 is also a proper disinfectant solution. For full-sized 

 cows and bullocks, &c., several gallons of either of 

 these solutions should be used. Great care should be 

 taken to keep the solution away from the eyes, nostrils, 

 mouth, and tender parts. When the entire surface is 

 washed and disinfected, all disinfectant is removed by 

 the application of great quantities of clean tepid water 

 to all parts. The animal is given a warming and re- Warmineand 



refreshing drink. 



freshing drink, and is conducted by a clean attendant 



to the clean quarantine shed. There it should receive Penned in the 



quarantine shed. 



fodder both dry and green, and sop, and plenty of pure 

 cold water, and be rubbed dry with whisks of straw 

 and hay. 



F. The Quarantine Shed. 1. The quarantine shed F. Thequaran- 

 is intended to keep the new and suspected cattle sepa- i. objects. 

 rate for a period of at least ten days, in order to afford 

 the security, to be obtained by observation alone, that 

 it is not actually infected with plague. While, there- 

 fore, disinfection of the surface of cattle removes one 



