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EPIZOOTIC I.YMPHANGITIS 



Synonyms. Japanese farcy ; pseudo-farcy ; equine pox ; 

 equine syphilis ; inundation fever. 



§ 254. Characterization. Epizootic lymphangitis is 

 described as a virulent infectious disease characterized by 

 suppuration of the superficial lymphatic vessels, due to the 

 presence of a specific organism. It is a disease of the solipeds, 

 although Tokishige reports finding it in cattle in Japan. 



§ 255. History. This affection seems to have been 

 known for a very long time and to have been confused with 

 cutaneous glanders (farcy). French veterinarians have recog- 

 nized the disease as river iarcy , farcin en cul de poule, curable 

 or benign farcy. In France these various forms were 

 acknowledged to be identical, the "river farcy " being consid- 

 ered as an attenuated form of glanders (farcy) until 1873, 

 when Rivolta discovered the specific organism {Saccharomycosis 



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