DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE. 169 



have been one of the animals aflFected, and when closed up 

 tig-ht the disease began to show itself. If it gets into large, 

 crowded cities where there are large numbers of horses kept in one 

 stable it is very troublesome. 



Symptoms. — It is most often seen in old and debilitated 

 animals. In the chronic form of the disease it may exist for a 

 long time without showing severe symptoms, and might be 

 mistaken for nasal gleet ; but if you take the temperature of the 

 animal, you will find it up to from 103 to 105 degrees, while in 

 nasal gleet the temperature will be normal — about 98 or 99 

 degrees. There is a discharge from the nose; at first it is 

 rather watery, but afterwards it is of a greenish-yellow color and 

 very sticky; it sticks around the nose, and has no smell — 

 differing from nasal gleet. The discharge in tliis case will sink 

 in water, while in other diseases it will float. The eyes will have 

 a discharge from them. After the disease has gone on for some 

 time, the inside of the nose becomes full of patches of ulcers 

 which have very little tendency to heal. The lymphatic glands 

 around the head and neck become swollen and hard. The animal 

 falls off greatly in condition; becomes thin and hide-bound, and 

 generally pines away in a lingering death. Man and dogs will 

 take this disease from horses, but other animals are not subjected 

 to it. When it attacks man, it is a terrible disease; so you see 

 the necessity of handling the disease with very great caution. 



Treatment. — As soon as there is any suspicion of this disease, 

 put him some place where other animals will not come in contact 

 with him; have only one pail and feed box for him, and allow no 

 other animal to eat or drink out of it ; also handle him with care 

 yourself, and be sure there are no cuts on your hands, or do not 

 allow your clothes to touch him, as you might carry the disease to 

 other animals. It is best to send for the veterinary government 

 inspector, and if he pronounces it a case of glanders, have the 

 animal immediately destroyed and burned, and have the stable 

 disinfected. 



ACUTE GLANDERS. 



This disease is mostly noticed in Euorpean countries. And not 

 often met with in this country. 



Causes. — This is caused from germs getting in and poisoning 

 the blood, the same as in chronic glanders, only that it runs its 

 course very much more quickly than the chronic form. 



