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considered definitely cured, restored to their places and put to 

 the free disposal of the owners." 



The views advocated by Nocard are not universally enter- 

 tained in this country. It has been shown repeatedly that a 

 good reaction, following the injection of mallein, was a sure 

 indication of glanders as revealed by post-mortem. The 

 question, however, concerning the necessity of immediate 

 slaughter for purposes of protection, where there are no evi- 

 dences of lesions on physical examination, seems to be an open 

 one. This question which pertains to sanitary police rests, 

 until the results of conclusive investigations are recorded, with 

 those entrusted with the protection of animals and men from 

 this disease. However, the results of certain experiments in 

 the use of mallein as a therapeutic agent and the fact that cer- 

 tain animals recover when kept in quarantine are very sugges- 

 tive. Certainly further investigations are needed to deter- 

 mine the safe and equitable disposition of animals devoid of all 

 symptoms and obvious lesions of glanders, but which give a 

 reaction to the mallein or agglutination test. 



§ 136. Prevention. Isolation of the healthy animals 

 from the infected ones and thorough disinfection of the stable 

 are important. It is also desirable not to bring strange horses 

 in close contact with home animals, until their freedom from 

 this disease is determined. 



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2. Berns and Way. Practical Application and Results of the 

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3. BONOME. Ueber die Schwankungen des Agglutinin uud 

 Prazipitingehaltes des Blutes wahrend der Rotzinfektion, Centralbl. f. 

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4. BOURGET ET MERV. Sur le seradiagnostique de la morve, La 

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