GLANDERS AND FARCY. 



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Sometimes the inftammatiori is so deep as to cause serious sore- 

 ness and Swelling of the throat. In this case the horse must be 

 nursed carefully by feeding warm gruel ; the drink should be warm ; 

 grass or anything that will tempt the appetite should be given. 



Glanders and Farcy. 



I consider these difficulties mainly to enable the detection of 

 them to prevent their spreading, as they are 

 extremely Contagious to both men and hqrses. 

 They are incurable, and to guard against the 

 possibility of danger when a case is suspected, 

 the only safe way is at once either to isolate or 

 to destroy the animal. 



I depend mainly for my explanation of these 

 diseases upon several old author^.* They fully 

 agree with the statements of modern authors 

 that it is practically useless to tamper with glan- 

 ders. Farcy in its early stage can be controlled 

 without difficulty, but the medicine injures the 

 constitution seriously, and in addition, it is 

 rarely that the disease will rtot soon break out 

 again or develop glanders. 



Fi6. 792.— An Ordinary 

 Case of Farcy. 



-The distinctive appearances which glanders present may be slow in 

 their development, and may continue for years, during which he may feed and work 

 well, constituting chronic glanders; or they may run on rapidly, and in two or three 

 weeks are well marked and soon come to a fatal termination, when it is called acute 

 glanders. > 



The coat is rough and staring ; he is usually hide-bound ; 

 the belly drawn up, and constitutional disturbance exists, 

 the pulse being easily excited; the membrane lining the 

 nostrils is of a leaden hue ; the glands inside the lower 

 jaw where the pulse is felt become enlarged, hard, and 

 nodular like a mass of peas or beans, especially on the side 

 from which the discharge takes place— usually the left, 

 sometimes the right, or even from both ; the discharge ?"s 

 clear and watery a,t first, becoming thicker and sticky, ac- 

 cumulating around the nostril ; cough may be present, but 

 it is not an invariable symptom. As it advances, the dis- 

 charge increases, becomes purulent, Of a greenish color, 

 sometimes mixed with streaks of blood ; it is of a heavy specific gravity, and if 

 dropped into water, sinks to the bottom ; it has a very offensive smell ; the gland on 

 the affected side becomes hard and adherent to the side of the jaw ; ulcerating tu- 

 bercles form on the nostrils, which have a mouse-eaten appearance, being raised and 

 irregular at the edges, and depressed in the center ; they run into patches, and spread 



FiS. 793.— A Farcy 

 Bud. 



•Turner, Touatt, M. Volpi, White, and others. 



