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4. From the clinical symptoms epizootic lymphan- 

 gitis may easily be mistaken for the farcy form of 

 glanders : it can, however, be differentiated from that 

 disease by a microscopical examination of some of the 

 discharge from one of the ulcers, when the cryptococcus, 

 which is the cause of the disease, will be found ; or by 

 an application of the mallein test, to which epizootic 

 lymphangitis does not respond. 



5. In all instances where a case of epizootic 

 lymphangitis is discovered the animal should at once be 

 isolated, and separate implements should be used 

 exclusively for the diseased animal. 



6. Inasmuch as epizootic lymphangitis does not 

 ordinarily lend itself to any known curative form of 

 treatment, the owner would be well advised to slaughter 

 the affected animal at once in order to prevent the disease 

 being communicated to other animals in his possession 

 or charge. 



7. As the germs of the disease have been known 

 to linger about a stable for a very considerable period, 

 a rigid system of cleansing and disinfection should be 

 applied to the whole of the stable or other place in which 

 an affected horse has been kept, and all rubbers, sponges, 

 brushes, and stable utensils used about affected horses 

 should be burnt. 



MATT. HEDLEY 



Chief Inspector 



Department of Agriculture and 

 Technical Instruction for Ireland, 

 Veterinary Branch, Castle Street, 

 Dublin, iind March^ 1904- 



