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lie dormant for a time, but in most cases they go on to 

 ulceration, producing angry irregular ulcers similar to the 

 ulceration in glanders ; the virus being conveyed along the 

 absorbents, the buds extend in knots ; lines of corded and 

 inflamed absorbents are felt extending from below upward, 

 the hair being rough and bristling along their course ; by 

 and by swelling of the legs sets in ; as it goes on he becomes 

 emaciated ; the ulceration attacks the nostrils, and glanders 

 and farcy are combined, and death relieves him at last. A 

 disease called watery farcy must not be mistaken for genuine 

 farcy. 



Treatment of Glanders. — ^Almost every article of the 

 materia medica has been experimented with to cure this 

 disease, but as yet it has baffled all attempts. Prom the 

 danger arising by contagion to other animals and the attend- 

 ants, the sooner he is destroyed the better. 

 7- Before destroying a horse it is well to be satisfied that 

 t he diagnosis is corre ct. \ We generally inoculate his own 

 sh oulder, or some worthless an imal, so as to satisfy o urselves . 

 Glandered matter "laid Under'the skin will produce consi- 

 derable tumefaction,! followed by discharge of sticky un- 

 h ealthy matter, and in some case s farcy buds, and in another 

 animal either glanders or farcy .\ Great care should be taken 

 not to let the matter come in contact with any sors on t.hs 

 hands, as we have known fatal results follow from this cause. 

 The stable must be thoroughly renovated, and the walls 

 washed with chloride of lime, Conde's or Sir William Bur- 

 nett's disinfecting fluid, and every precaution taken to pre- 

 vent it extending to other horse3i>\ 



STKANGLES OR HOESE DISTEMPER. 



Strangles is a disease peculiar to the horse, occurring 

 mostly' in young horses from two to five years old. " It 



