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cations of aborting, should be qnarantined for a period of from 

 two to three months. The separation from the herd should be so 

 complete as to eliminate any danger of carrying the disease to 

 the healthy animals on the clothing and farm tools. If this 

 method of control were practised at the very beginning of the 

 outbreaks, the disease could be checked in the large majority of 

 herds. 



The f(rtus and membranes should be destroyed by burning. 

 In case the aninuil does not pass the fetal membranes, they 

 should l)e completely removed. In the cow, it is advisable to 

 wait twenty-four hours before doing this. The ai^imal's stall 

 should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. It is very ad- 

 visable to give the entire stable a thorough disinfecting. For 

 this purpose a three or four per cent water solution of liquor 

 cresolis compound may be used. It is advisable to apply it 

 with a spray pump. The floor and feed troughs should be 

 sprinkled daily with the disinfectant. All manure should be 

 removed to a place where the animals can not come in contact 

 with it. It is not advisable to confine the cows to a small yard. 

 The more range they have the easier it is to control the disease. 

 Individual treatment is very necessary. In infectious abor- 

 tion the mucous lining of the womb and the passages leading 

 to it become inflamed. This should be treated by irrigating the 

 parts with a warm water solution of a disinfectant that is non- 

 irritating. This treatment should be repeated daily for a period 

 of from two to four weeks. We must be very careful not to 

 irritate the parts. A one-half per cent water solution of liquor 

 cresolis compound may be used. 



Animals that abort should not be bred until they have com- 

 pletely recovered. Small animals that have no special value as 

 breeding animals should be marketed. Cows and mares should 

 not be bred for a period of at least three months. 



Infected males should not be used for service. The male 



