626 VETEEINAEY HYGIENE 



The stable occupied by the diseased animal must be 

 thoroughly disinfected, grooming kit, sponges, rubbers, etc., 

 destroyed, bedding and nosebag burnt, saddlery and harness 

 disinfected. 



The most rigorous precautions should be adopted to 

 prevent any existing wounds getting infected, and every 

 possible care taken to reduce the number of stable and 

 other injuries occurring, as the organism, so far as we 

 know, can only enter through a cut or abrasion. 



The daily inspection of all animals is very necessary ; 

 cases should be detected before ulceration has occurred, as 

 in this way we may know that no further infection has 

 resulted, and subsequent treatment is greatly simplified. 



Bearing in mind the long incubation period of the disease, 

 months must elapse before it is possible to declare • the 

 place free. 



One of the most important precautionary measures is 

 the antiseptic treatment of wounds, so as to prevent their 

 getting infected. When flies are troublesome — and there 

 is reason to believe they may carry infection — there is no 

 dressing so useful as a mixture of creosote, turpentine, and 

 oil ; no fly will go near this. We are indebted to Captain 

 Olver, A.V.D., for the information. Wounds dressed with 

 this during the existence of lymphangitis ought never to 

 become infected. 



In hospitals wounds may become infected through the 

 carelessness of dressers. To avoid this risk the parts 

 should never be touched with the hand, tow or wool used 

 for cleaning them must at once be destroyed, and the anti- 

 septic employed should be applied with a syringe. The 

 dressers employed looking after affected cases should not 

 be brought in contact with any others. 



There is good reason for believing that the soil may 

 harbour the organism; it seemed quite certain this is the 

 case in South Africa, so that a good, impervious, frequently 

 disinfected stable floor is essential to the eradication of the 

 disease. 



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