164 HORSE-TRAlNIiNU MADE EASY. 



GLANDERED HORSES. 



Written for the "National Union," by G. W. Bowler, Veterinary 

 Surgeon, Cincinnati. 



In consequence of the many reports received 

 of the increased number of glandered horses in 

 various parts of the United States, it becomes 

 our duty to make some inquiries as to the cause 

 of such a malignant and fatal disease, as well as 

 to use such measures as will mitigate it. I have 

 no doubt but that it can be accounted for in the 

 following manner : We are well aware of the bad 

 treatment which the horses belonging to the army 

 receive, not only in the manner in which they 

 are stabled, but in the feeding of the animal ; 

 and where a large number of horses arc crowded 

 together, without any regard to cleanliness or 

 protection from the cold and wet, disease in some 

 form must necessarily ensue. Thousands of 

 valuable animals are annually being sacrificed in 

 the United States army, through ignorance, which 

 might otherwise have been saved, was there but 

 some little system adopted to prevent it; but, 

 where hundreds of animals are crowded together, 

 regardless of proper shelter from the weather,. 

 and under the control of persons who know little, 

 if anything, about the proper care of horses, why, 

 nothing short of disease of a malignant character 

 can be expected. The very plan to propagate 

 such diseases as glanders and farcy is daily 

 practised among horses of the United States 

 Army ; for it is well known by all medical men, 



