INFLAMMATORY (EDEMA, OR WATER FARCY 595 



of disease and the slaughter of suspected horses : Resolutions signed by 

 eighty-five of the largest horse-owners in London ; memorial from forty-five 

 Metropolitan veterinary surgeons ; and a letter from the London General 

 Omnibus Company. They had given careful consideration to the suggestions 

 made, but were not prepared at present to recommend any departure from 

 the practice adopted with regard to the payment of compensation. The 

 experience gained in the administration of the order had, however, confirmed 

 their opinion of the desirability — which they had on more than one occasion 

 urged upon the Board of Agriculture — of provision being made for (1) 

 Compulsory notification by veterinaiy surgeons of cases of glanders within 

 their knowledge, and (2) inspection and sanitary supervision of trade stables. 

 The committee further stated that they were also of opinion, having i-egard 

 to the statement in the chief officers' reports as to the importation of in- 

 fected horses, that precautions should be taken against that source of 

 infection by requiring statutory evidence of freedom from disease before 

 horses were allowed to be imported. They had accordingly asked the 

 President of the Board of Agriculture to receive them as a deputation, in 

 order that they might lay before him a statement of their views. 



The use of mallein has had a quite unexpected effect in spreading glanders. 

 Infected studs have been submitted to the test and a weeding process 

 pursued, the suspects being sent to auction sales, the moderately affected 

 kept at work, and stabled apart from the healthy, while the seriously ill 

 have been slaughtered after proof to the local authority. While a local 

 authority allows but £2 for a clinically affected animal, a quarter value is 

 given for those apparently well but proved to be infected when voluntarily 

 submitted to the mallein test. 



INFLAMMATORY CEDEMA, OR WATER FARCY 



Inflammatory Qj^dema, "Monday morning leg," "weed," and some other 

 local names are given to a painful and swollen condition of a limb, more 

 frequently a hind one, which has been erroneously called water farcy as 

 distinguished from true farcy. There is no connection, and the term is 

 only used here for convenience of the amateur who might not look for it 

 under its more scientific name. 



Causes. — Over-feeding and insufficient exercise will account for most cases 

 among light horses, but with the heavy breeds, confined in town stables and 

 fed on beans, maize, and other highly-nitrogenous foods, there is an inability 

 to carry off effete material when the exercise ceases, even for a day or two. 

 The comparatively slow circulation in heavy horses and the less judicious 

 keepers may have something to do with it. It has been called Monday 

 morning disease, as after the day of rest it most frequently appears. No 

 great stud of draught-horses is exempt, especially after the enforced idleness 

 of public holidays. When these cause a cessation of work the opportunity 

 is generally taken of giving the physic balls for which several members of 

 the stud have been qualifying. 



Si/mptoms. — Sudden and great swelling, which generally takes place in 

 the night. Extreme tenderness to the touch, some blowing, and perhaps 

 inappetence. On the limb being felt, the afflicted animal will sometimes 



