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source of danger to other animals with which they come in 

 contact. It is thus considered wise that all glandered ani- 

 mals be destroyed, and that the owner be compensated by 

 the State for the protection of the industry in general. It 

 is through the purchase of such chronic cases that the dis- 

 ease may be introduced on the farm. 



The disease primarily affects the membranes lining the 



Fig. 59. Glanders 

 Healed sores on the nose may be present in cases of chronic glanders 



After Reynolds. 



nasal passages, and one of the most characteristic symptoms 

 is the discharge of a sticky fluid, sometimes streaked with 

 blood, from one or both nostrils. Small nodules may form 

 on the upper part of the nasal septum. 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, and may even cause a perforation of the nasal 



