STATE HYGIENE 597 



protected against any possible risk of infection by this 

 channel. 



It has been suggested that infection may occur in the 

 maternal passage during parturition, if so the employment 

 of antiseptics may prevent it ; but doubtless the chief points 

 to attend to are the hygienic surroundings of the parturient 

 animal, and the cleanliness of those in attendance especially 

 of the hands. 



Where these measures fail to control the disease there is 

 almost certain to be some undiscovered source of leakage, 

 and the method adopted of letting the cows calve in the 

 open, entirely away from the infected building, should be 

 adopted. 



Should the disease occur among a collection of calves the 

 place should be at once evacuated, and the most rigid 

 isolation of the affected cows and their attendants be insisted 

 upon ; without this probably the whole will be lost. The 

 building occupied by the calves must be thoroughly disin- 

 fected, and not occupied again for some time. 



The hands of attendants should be scrubbed with soft 

 soap and water after the nails are pared, and then scrubbed 

 with Hyd. Perchlor. 1-1000. The ease with which the virus 

 can be conveyed on the hands of attendants must never be 

 forgotten, and no one should be allowed in the parturient 

 box until the hygiene of the hands has been attended to. 



During the outbreak, a vessel containing a reliable disin- 

 fectant should be conveniently placed, so that hands, cloth- 

 ing, and boots may be disinfected as necessary. 



Those employed looking after the sick should not on any 

 account be allowed near the calving box whether disinfected 

 or no. The slightest want of care on their part will convey 

 the disease ; the attendants as well as the calves should be 

 rigidly isolated. 



CONTAGIOUS FOOT EOT OP SHEEP. 



Mistakes may be made between this disease and non- 

 contagious diseases of the feet in sheep. If the cases 



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