APPENDIX 



Circular to Local Authorities in Great Britain under the 

 Diseases of Animals Acts^ 1894 /^ 1903 



Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 



4 Whitehall Place 



London, S.W. 



2 6//z January^ 1904 



EPIZOOTIC LYMPHANGITIS OF THE HORSE 



Sir, 



I am directed by the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries to acquaint you that it has been reported to 

 them that a contagious disease of horses, known as 

 * epizootic lymphangitis,' has recently been detected in 

 England and also in Ireland. 



The symptoms of the disease are swelling of one 

 of the limbs, usually a hind one, and the formation on 

 the swollen member of small nodules which burst and 

 discharge matter. In this respect the disease closely 

 resembles ordinary farcy, from which, however, it may 

 readily be distinguished by microscopic examination of 

 the matter discharged from the sores, or by testing the 

 horse with mallein. 



The disease being of a very contagious character, 

 it is important that cases, if any exist, should be detected 

 at an early stage, and the Board therefore think it 

 desirable to call the attention of Local Authorides to 

 the danger which exists in this connexion. 



