360 The Care of Animals 



white -wash or paint should be applied. All equipment 

 that has been in contact with the animal should be 

 burned, or disinfected by boiling for one hour. All 

 persons who may come in contact with a glandered 

 animal should exercise the utmost caution, to prevent 

 contracting the disease through sore places on the 

 hands or by rubbing the ej^es or nose, as the disease 

 is fatal and extremely loathsome. 



Most states have stringent laws for protection against 

 this disease, and in some states a small price is paid 

 for diseased animals condemned by the proper author- 

 ities. In nearly all states, there are heavy penal- 

 ties imposed on persons convicted of disposing of 

 glandered animals. 



ANTHRAX, CHARBON 



Anthrax, or charbon, is a malignant infectious dis- 

 ease attacking all domestic animals, and man himself, 

 when he is infected from animals. Anthrax is not 

 very common in the northeastern states, but in some 

 parts of the west, and much more commonly in the 

 south, it causes serious losses in cattle, sheep, and mules. 

 In some parts of Europe, also, severe losses result from 

 it. The disease is likely to occur in the vicinity of 

 tanneries, the infection being brought in with hides; 

 or in localities where the disease has existed before, 

 and the infection still remains; or where it has been 

 scattered from infected localities, either by diseased 

 animals, or contaminated materials, th-at maj^ be carried 

 by dogs or other animals, or washed by streams. An- 



