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a sticky fluid sometimes streaked with blood from one or 

 both nostrils. The animal may be lame and may cough. 

 In glanders of the skin (farcy) nodules which are 

 called farcy buds are found in the skin and in the 

 adjacent tissue. They vary in size from that of a hemp- 

 seed to that of an egg. These nodules break and form 

 running sores on the surface of the body, the discharge 

 being yellowish and sticky. The nodules usually appear 

 on the legs and on the head. The sores often heal but 

 leave a permanent scar. 



Tissues affected by the disease. In chronic glanders 

 the changes in the tissues are found in the air passages, 

 the lungs, lymph glands and skin. Small nodules may 

 form on the upper part of the septum of the nose. The 

 nodules, which are translucent and grayish in color, may 

 break and form ulcers which destroy the surrounding 

 tissue to a greater or less extent, a perforation in the 

 bony nasal partition may even be produced. There are 

 found in the lower air passages and in the lungs nodules 

 resembling very much those of tuberculosis. They are 

 pearl-gray in color, usually have a yellowish spot in the 

 center due to the death of the tissue. The nodules are 

 found both on the surface of the lung and in the lung 

 tissue. Similar nodules are also found in the spleen 

 and less often in the liver and kidneys. 



Care should be exercised in the handling of suspected 

 horses as the disease is easily transmitted to man. The 

 symptoms in the human being are much the same as in 

 the horse, sores forming on the hands and in the eyes 

 and nose. Death usually takes place in two to four 

 weeks although the disease may become chronic. Treat- 

 ment is of little avail. 



