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be thoroughly disinfected. The animal should 

 not be bred for about two months after the abor- 

 tion, and if she then fails to conceive, if she has 

 had proper treatment, she should be sold. 



Methylene Blue has to date given by far the 

 best results in the treatment of this condition in 

 the way of an internal treatment, but should be 

 employed in two or three times as large doses as 

 are usually used. Carbolic acid has been rec- 

 ommended both subcutaneously and orally. 



New animals that are brought to the herd 

 should be kept by themselves and watched for 

 some little time before being placed with the herd. 

 They should receive the same prophylactic treat- 

 ment as the other members of the herd. By 

 keeping the animals that have aborted and treat- 

 ing them properly and then breeding them, you 

 can much sooner get rid of the infection. 



It is only a matter of time until we will be able 

 to immunize cattle against this abortion by a 

 properly prepared immunizing agent, the same 

 as we are now able to immunize animals against 

 hog cholera and against tetanus or lockjaw and 

 several other fatal and serious animal diseases. 



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