CONTAGIOUS PUSTULAR STOMATITIS 17 



The diagnosis hinges on the course pursued by the dis- 

 ease and its contagiousness. First, fever and general 

 depression ; second, reddened areas in the mouth ; third, 

 vesicles, pustules; fourth, rupture of the vesicles. The 

 appearance of other cases in the same stable always fol- 

 lows. The vesicles and pustules are peculiar in their 

 small size and the fact that they appear first on the mu- 

 cous membrane. Later, in some cases, they may appear 

 on the skin. 



Treatment. Antiseptic, astringent mouth washes 

 should be used. A saturated solution of the sulpho-car- 

 bolates compound is fine, for the reason that it can be 

 used liberally and does no harm when some of it hap- 

 pens to be swallowed. Ulcers which occasionally form 

 are to be painted several times daily with equal parts 

 tincture of iodin and tincture of benzoin. On general 

 principles a dose of mixed bacterins is indicated. The 

 animal should have sloppy feed and constant access to 

 fresh water. The animals are not serviceable for at least 

 one week. An outbreak of contagious pustular stomatitis 

 can be considerably shortened in stables or a community 

 if the early cases are promptly isolated and strictly quar- 

 antined. 



