168 THEORY AND PIL\CTICE 



Agglutination Test. — This test is a new laboratory method. 

 It is based upon the theory of the agglutination of germs by an 

 infected serum. The serum is first dihited and then inoculated 

 with a suspension of the dead glander's germ and after a definite 

 length of time agglutination of the germs takes place. This 

 reaction can be seen in a test tube, in the test tube the germs 

 make a floculant white precipitate at the bottom of the tube. 



Post Mortem. — Suppose we have a case which shows no evi- 

 dence of the glander's lesion. At post you will probably find an 

 interstitial pneumonia or glanders abscesses in the liver or lym- 

 phatic glands. ]\Iany cases will show internal evidence of glan- 

 ders which were wrongly diagnosed during life. 



Order the animals which react strongly, killed, that is, those 

 that have a marked temperature or swelling. ]\Iild cases usually 

 react less and less to each test. They should be held over and 

 tested again. Never inject mallein into an animal when there 

 is fever present from some other cause than the glanders infec- 

 tion. All suspicious cases should be quarantined and tested 

 again. The mallein test will hurry the termination of an acute 

 case. 



In Montana glanders is mild ; horses live for years with the 

 disease and scatter the germs everywhere. Canada gets her 

 glanders cases from IMontana and this has compelled her to re- 

 fuse to admit any reactor into her boundaries. Reactors should 

 be kept in continuous quarantine. The owners can put them to 

 work, but they must be kept out of the way of other animals. 



The Board of Live Stock Commission of Illinois can make 

 rules that are just as binding as laws. The old laws put the 

 quarantined cases in the barn and kept them there but according 

 to the present regulations the horses can go on the public high- 

 ways providing they are inspected every week at the owner's ex- 

 pense. The veterinarian can charge $2.00 for every 10 horses 

 or fraction of ten. The object of these inspections is to catch the 

 cases that develop early. If the owner works his horse after he 

 has been ordered to hold his animal in he can be arrested. The 

 time limit of quarantine is usually 90 days if nothing develops, 

 but the quarantine runs indefinitely. 



The law says that the owner must carry his own waterpail; 



