52 Stable Management and the Prevention of Disease 



carcases of horses unburied until they are eaten by wild 

 animals. 



2. The swarms of fiies which exist in most places during 

 the greater part of the year no doubt often carry the virus 

 from one horse to another. 



3. Some birds^ such as crows, are in the habit of eating 

 carrion, and also of settling on the backs of animals to peck 

 at wounds or to eat insects. It can thus be seen how easily 

 a horse may be inoculated by them if they have previously 

 been feeding upon the carcase of an animal that has died of 

 glanders. 



4. Vultures, jackals, and village dogs also feast upon such 

 carcases, and must necessarily often carry away the infecting 

 matter upon their feet and deposit it on the grass over which 

 they run. 



Stopping Glanders. 



The following means will be found efficient in eradicating 

 glanders from a regiment or battery : 



1. Inspect all the horses and grass- cutters' ponies daily, 

 and if any animal show a symptom in the slightest degree 

 suspicious, picket him at a distance from the lines. If in the 

 fly season, fully half a mile. 



2. Pull down the mangers, both that used by the horse and 

 those on either side of him; scrape the pillars and walls 

 clean, dig up the floor to a depth of six inches, cart away all 

 the loose earth to a distance and bury it two or three feet 

 deep, throwing a strong disinfectant over it before covering 

 it. Disinfect all the floor, pillars, walls, and mangers near 

 where the horse stood. (I believe the most certain of all 

 disinfectants in ordinary use to be chlorine. Chloride of 

 lime when fresh, and chloride of zinc, are both very efficient. 

 In closed stables chlorine gas, or sulphurous acid gas, is still 

 more so. When the above cannot be obtained, carbolic acid 

 will answer the purpose fairly.) 



3. Take the usual precautions against the possibility of the 

 suspected animal infecting others by means of his food, 

 drinking-water^ or stable-gear, and take measures to prevent 



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