424 DISEASES OP CATTLE. 



premises, especially an attendant or owner or other 

 person in any way connected with cattle. Such a herd 

 may be placed under quarantine, with an inspector 

 appointed to keep the premises under constant sur- 

 veillance. 



This method of quarantine alone, while very satisfac- 

 tory in many instances, is rather tardy in obtaining the 

 desired result. The experience of European govern- 

 ments, already mentioned, shows that eradication by 

 this method alone, when the disease has obtained a foot- 

 hold, is practically impossible. For this reason when 

 the disease breaks out in a country like the United 

 States, where the contagion is likely to spread rapidly 

 by means of infected cars, manure, hay, and other feed, 

 and where the results of its obtaining a firm foothold 

 would be so disastrous, it seems that this method of 

 temporizing is rather tedious, and more radical steps are 

 required in order to suppress and eradicate completely 

 the infection in the quickest and most thorough manner 

 possible. 



It would therefore appear better to concentrate the 

 expense incident to the extermination of foot-and-mouth 

 disease by purchasing and slaughtering all affected and 

 exposed cattle after judicious appraisement. The car- 

 casses of these animals should be totally destroyed, 

 preferably by cremation, or otherwise by burying them 

 in a hole 6 feet deep and covering them with air-slaked 

 lime. The infected stable should be disinfected by thor- 

 oughly cleaning it, scrubbing the floor with hot water, 

 brushing down all loose dust from the walls, and tear- 

 ing off all woodwork which is partly decayed. Then the 

 whole interior of the stable should be disinfected with 

 one of the following substances : 



A 5 per cent solution of pure carbolic acid. 



