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VETERINARY REMARKS. 



VETERINARY INSPECTION. 



BEFORE embarkation, every horse should be 

 carefully inspected by a veterinary surgeon 

 to see if it is suffering from any contagious or 

 infectious disease, in which case, the affected 

 animal or animals should, if possible, be ex- 

 cluded from participation in the voyage. The 

 narrow limitation of space on board ship 

 greatly facilitates the spread of such diseases, 

 and renders their successful treatment and 

 the proper segregation of the patients far 

 more difficult than on land. In this respect, 

 the maladies which should occupy our special 



