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disposition of the dead animals the spread of the disease can be checked. 
Animals do not, as a rule, spread the vitus when the first symptom 
(rise of temperature) can be detected. All infected stables and yards 
should be thoroughly disinfected. 
The disposition of dead animals in an outbreak of anthrax is a matter 
of much importance. In all cases they should be burned if possible, 
if not, they should be deeply buried and covered with quick lime 
before the dirt is replaced. The ground over the place where they are 
buried should be fenced in to prevent other animals from grazing over 
it, and the surface should be burned annually for some years to 
destroy spores should they be brought to the surface. 
Control. Owing to the long resistance of the anthrax spores, it is 
impossible to render an infected field safe for pasture land. After a 
number of years such fields may become harmless. The safe disposal 
of all carcasses by burying deep or cremation; the thorough disinfec- 
tion of all stables and paddocks; and the burning of all litter that 
might have become infected are precautions that should be taken. 
In localities where there are frequent outbreaks of the disease 
regular vaccination of all cattle, horses, sheep and swine is advocated. 
It is all that can be done beyond preventing exposure to known in- 
fected localities. Anthrax should be reported but a quarantine 
against healthy animals does not seem to be necessary as the disease 
is not ordinarily communicated directly from one animal to another. 
There is a possibility of removing animals while in the period of 
incubation, thereby infecting other places. Little is known about 
the “carriers’’ in this disease. 
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