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way to make a diagnosis, when it is possible to get some of 

 the discharge from the nose or a sore. If tlie guinea pigs 

 develop glanders, it is positive proof that the horse is suffer- 

 ing from some form of the disease ; and many chronic cases 

 are now killed in the early stages of the malady, that in 

 former times might have been allowed to live for years, 

 spreading the infection among other horses wherever they 

 went. 



The value of the reports from the rendering establish- 

 ments, as required by law, is still apparent. Whenever a 

 report of a case of glanders is received from them that was 

 not previously known, the local inspector of the town or 

 city from which the case came is notified of the fact, and 

 instructed to examine other horses in the stable, and see that 

 the premises are properly disinfected. The cases of glan- 

 ders and farcy which have been reported to the Cattle 

 Bureau by renderers are given in the subjoined table : — 



