104 THE CAT 



and in some of the other organs, which grow 

 into small, hard, fibrous tumors. The ulcers 

 in the nostrils or on the surface of the skin ex- 

 tend and destroy the tissues rapidly, produc- 

 ing an offensive discharge. The tubercles of the 

 lungs cause broncho-pneumonia, which is usu- 

 ally fatal. Glanders, while a disease proper to 

 the horse, is contagious to both man and the 

 domestic cat, and all the rest of the cat tribe, 

 as well as to other animals. 



I have seen a number of lions die in a me- 

 nagerie from having eaten glandered meat. In 

 the post-mortem house of a veterinary college, 

 in which I had just made an autopsy upon a 

 glandered horse, as I was washing my hands I 

 noticed a cat with a litter of kittens eating at 

 some of the organs which I had placed to one 

 side for demonstration. I had the cats imme- 

 diately locked up, and in four days all of them 

 were infected with the disease and had to be 

 destroyed. 



There is no treatment, and the animals must 

 be immediately destroyed and the greatest pre- 

 caution taken in regard to disinfection. 



