362 The Diseases of Animals 
white-wash or paint should be applied. All equipment 
that has been in contact with the animal should be 
burned, or disinfected by boiling for one hour. All 
persons who may eome in contact with a glandered 
animal should exercise the utmost caution, to prevent 
contracting the disease through sore places on the 
hands or by rubbing the eyes or nose, as the disease 
is fatal and extremely loathsome. 
Most states have stringent laws for protection against 
this disease, and in some states a small price is paid 
for diseased animals condemned by the proper author- 
ities. In nearly all states, there are heavy penal- 
ties imposed on persons convicted of disposing of 
glandered animals. 
ANTHRAX, CHARBON 
Anthrax, or charbon, is a malignant infectious dis- 
ease attacking all domestic animals, and man himself, 
when he is infected from animals. Anthrax is not 
very common in the northeastern states, but in some 
parts of the west, and much more commonly in the 
south, it causes serious losses in cattle, sheep, and mules. 
In some parts of Europe, also, severe losses result from 
it. The disease is likely to oceur in the vicinity of 
tanneries, the infection being brought in with hides; 
or in localities where the disease has existed before, 
and the infection still remains; or where it has been 
seattered from infected localities, either by diseased 
animals, or contaminated materials, that may be earried 
by dogs or other animals, or washed by streams. An- 
