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tions) of warm soapy water, or water with two ounces 
of glycerine, may be given to empty the bowels. 
Pargatives should not be given. Three weeks should 
be allowed for complete recovery. 
INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA 
An infectious pneumonia sometimes occurs, either 
among horses or cattle. It seldom spreads rapidly or 
extends over a very large urea. The symptoms are 
those of ordinary pneumonia, except that its progress 
is not so rapid and the disease is seldom so acute. 
The treatment is the same as for ordinary pneumonia, 
and, in addition, careful attention should be paid to 
the surroundings, food and water. All healthy animals 
should be removed from infected quarters, and the 
latter should be thoroughly disinfected before healthy 
animals are placed in them. 
CONTAGIOUS PLEURO-PNEUMONIA 
This is a disease of cattle, slow, chronic, and insid- 
ious, which was introduced from Europe, where it has 
caused heavy losses to the cattle industry. The federal 
government, through the Bureau of Animal Industry, 
has completely eradicated this disease from the United 
States, no case having occurred for ten years. Suspected 
cases should be at once reported. For a description 
of this disease, see reports of the Department of 
Agriculture. 
