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ately after castration deducted from the value 
immediately before the operation.*! 
211. Liability of Owners of Animals. Where 
the statutes do not prohibit, the owner of infected 
animals may pasture them upon his own land,*? 
but he must use due care to prevent the spread of 
infection.** If, through the negligence of the 
owner or his servants, the infection spreads to 
other animals the owner will be held liable for 
the injury done.** Infected animals must not be 
watered at a public trough.*® The bringing of a 
glandered horse into a public place is a common 
law offense.2° The owner of animals agisted is 
liable for any harm which may be caused by 
them,*’ though the agister may be liable to the 
owners of other animals which may be injured 
through the agency of the infected or vicious 
stock.%§ 
The owner is liable for injury inflicted by a 
vicious animal, provided that he had previous 
knowledge of the animal’s character, and had not 
taken due care to prevent accident.?® The knowl- 
31 Loomis v. Beese, 148 Wis. 
647, 135 N. W. 123. 
85 Mills v. N. Y. ete. Ry. Co., 
2 Rob. 346. 
32 Fisher v. Clark, 41 Barb. 
329, 
33 Mills v. N. Y. ete. Ry. Co., 
2 Rob. (N. Y.) 326; Clarendon 
Land, ete. Co. v. McClelland, 89 
Tex. 483, 34.8. W. 98, 35 8S. W. 
474, 
34 Herrick v, Gary, 83 Ill. 85; 
Grayson v. Lynch, 163 U. 8. 
468; Mesa de MayoL & L. 8. 
Co. v. Hoyt, 24 Colo. App. 279, 
133 Pae. 471. 
36 Reg. v. Henson, 1 Dears, 
24, 
37 Sheridan v. Bean, 8 Mete. 
284. 
88 Schroeder v. Faires, 49 Mo. 
470; Costello v. Van Eyck, 86 
Mich. 348, 49 N. W. 152; Hal- 
tey v. Markel, 44 Ill. 225. 
39 Mayer v. Kloepfer, 69 Atl. 
182; Robbins v. Magoon & Kim- 
ball Co., 153 N. W. 13. 
