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seen in older horses, its most common cause is the irritating effects of 

 the dew and frosted grass in spring and fall. The lips, tongue, etc., will 

 be found to be slightly swollen, and covered with a pimply eruption re- 

 sembling blisters; in fact, the parts affected 

 look as though blisters h ad actually been applied. 

 The treatment, in the case of a foal, is simply 

 to separate him from the dam for a few hours; 

 let him suckle, and then promptly separate them 

 again, and so on till he is well. Older horses 

 should be taken up nights, and not let out in the 

 APHTHA. niorninir till about nine o'clock. Swab out the 



mouth and affected parts with recipe No. 46. 



This is all very simple, and nothing at all but what any stock man 

 could do, if he would give the case proper thought and attention. 



YII. Charbon or Anthrax in Horses. 



This disease pertains to the horse as it does to all warm-blooded an- 

 imals. Curative treatment is useless. Preventive treatment lies in 

 vaccinating horses the same as cattle in infected regions. The regions 

 that are mostly infected, and require vaccination regularly, are the low- 

 land sections of Louisiana and ]\Iississippi. There are many plantations 

 down there that require vaccination once a year to save horses and 

 mules from dying with Anthrax. The vaccine can be purchased from 

 any of the dealers in biological products, with directions how to use. 



The symptoms and post mortem appearances are the same in horses 

 as in cattle and hogs. 



For fuller description, causes, prevention, etc., see Department on 

 Cattle, pages 821, 822, 823, 824 and 825. The facts there given 

 apply to the disease wherever it may exist and in whatever class of 

 animal it develops. 



