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screened stable excluding insects is important. Manure should 

 be often removed and burned, or put in deep, dark covered pits 

 to cut off the breeding of flies. 



Wounds must be dressed under careful antisepsis, discarding 

 sponges and cloths, and washing under a jet of sterile (boiled) 

 water, or use a fresh swab of sterilized cotton for each wound, 

 burning the swab after use. As an antiseptic dressing mercuric 

 chloride (1:250) is an excellent application and is to be 

 thoroughly applied. Where flies cannot be excluded from the 

 stalls the wound may be covered by antiseptic (sublimate, iodo- 

 form, boric acid) gauze. 



The stable should be cleaned and whitewashed, and the floor 

 covered with freshly burned quicklime, with or without chloride 

 of lime. Pallin flames the surface of the woodwork and then 

 applies sublimate solution. Mud floors have litter burned over 

 them and are then removed to a depth of six inches, and filled in 

 with fresh earth. 



The horses of an infected stable or stud are suspected for six 

 months after the last case and cannot be taken to mingle with 

 other horses. By keeping them divided in small isolated groups 

 (50-100), animals may be taken from a group after six months 

 complete immunity, but should be kept under careful scrutiny 

 for six months longer. 



Infected pastures may be burned over in the dry season, 

 pastured for one year with sheep or hogs, or subjected to a rota- 

 tion of cultivated crops. 



