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In most of the states glandered horses are destroyed 

 by the health authorities whenever they are detected. 

 The farmer should protect his horses against glanders 

 by not allowing them to come in contact with strange 

 horses, especially if there is any reason to believe that 

 the animals may be affected. If an animal is purchased 

 from a sale-stable or from a range, it is well not to bring 

 it in contact with the farm horses, until it is certain 

 that it is not affected with the chronic type of the dis- 

 ease. The use of the public watering trough and public 

 stables is often a means of infecting a healthy animal. A 

 stable in which a diseased horse has been kept should 

 be disinfected. The glanders organism does not form 

 spores, hence is easily killed. 



TETANUS. 



Tetanus or lockjaw as it is often called, is a disease 

 that appears most often in the horse and mule. It may 

 however affect any of the domestic animals and also 

 man. Tetanus occurs in all parts of the world, most 

 frequently in the warmer regions. 



The organism causing the disease is an anaerobic one, 

 the real home of which is in the soil. The disease is 

 not a directly contagious one, i. e., one animal does not 

 acquire it from another. The infection takes place 

 through a wound, especially one into which dirt is 

 carried. A wound which bleeds freely is less dangerous 

 than one that does not as the organisms are likely to be 

 washed out. A contused lacerated wound is especially 

 dangerous as the opportunity for admission of dirt is 

 increased. Wounds caused by rusty and dirty nails are 

 often a way in which the bacteria are introduced into 

 the body. The disease may follow an operation, such as 



