372 DOURINE 
“All horses attacked to be castrated, as well as those which, not- 
withstanding their apparent good health, have transmitted it to 
mares they have served, and also those which have been put to 
infected mares. : 
“Mares that have been in the least affected and apparently cured 
not to be covered the following year, or until certified by a veterinary 
surgeon, ascured. It is even better to exclude all such mares entirely, 
and brand them as having had the disease.” 
Eradication. In this country the Government has undertaken the 
eradication of the disease by preventing its further spread from any 
and all places in which it is found. All diseased mares are slaughtered, 
infected stallions slaughtered or castrated, exposed stallions castrated 
or quarantined and the exposed mares frequently inspected. The 
inspections at short intervals of all horses in the infected territory is 
important. 
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