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swollen as to render swallowing difficult, give water 

 frequently, about milk warm, with nourishing feed of 

 oats, corn, or rye meal — the last is the best. If this 

 treatment, which is very simple, be carefully carried 

 out, few animals will fail to recover. 



CATARRH OR CX)LDS. 



This disease seldom attacks the mule. We have had 

 many thousands of them in camp, and out of the whole 

 number, I do not recollect of a case where it either 

 destroyed or disabled a single animal. In fact, it is a 

 question with me whether mules will take cold when 

 kept as the Government keeps them — camped out, or 

 standing in sheds where the temperature is the same as 

 outdoors. 



GLANDERS. 



This is one of the most destructive of diseases with 

 which the horse family is afflicted, and one that has set 

 the best veterinary skill of the world at defiance. A 

 remedy for it has yet to be discovered. I have deemed 

 it proper here, however, to carefully describe its symp- 

 toms, and to recommend that all animals showing symp- 

 toms of it be kept by themselves until their case be 

 definitely ascertained. When you have ascertained to 

 a certainty that they are afflicted with the disease, de- 

 stroy them as quick as possible. See, too, that the 

 place where they have been kept is thoroughly cleansed 

 and sprinkled with lime, for the disease is contagious, 

 and the slightest particle of virus will spread it anew. 



