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VETEEINAEY HYGIENE 



We have now reached a point at which it is convenient 

 to consider how we should set to work to systematically 

 disinfect a stable or cow-shed. 



Routine of Disinfection.— The first step is the brushing 

 down of the walls, windows, etc., so as to remove the cover 

 of dust. If the walls are not burned as previously described, 

 the limewash should be scraped off from top to bottom. 

 Plaster must also be scraped, but tiles or cement need not 

 be. The walls having been dealt with, the mangers and 

 fittings must next occupy attention. If of iron, they can 

 be burned in the manner before described, or washed with 



Fig. 170. — Spray Pump, arranged for either disinfecting or limewashing. 



boiling water, soft soap, and carbolic acid, a brush with a 

 handle being used to admit of this being placed on as hot 

 as I possible. Wooden mangers, bails, posts, etc., must be 

 scraped to get rid of the greasy coating, and then scalded or 

 burned as previously directed. 



After the limewash has been scraped off the walls, all 

 food left in the mangers, the bedding, manure, etc., must 

 be collected and placed outside and burned, passing curry- 

 combs, pails, pitchforks, shovels, etc., through the flames 

 at the same time. The stable flooring can be burned as 



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