748 Infectious Abortion. 



aborted, to a place free from the infection is indicated. If 

 this cannot be accomplished under existing conditions it is at 

 least advisable to keep the already infected and the suspected 

 animals in another stable, or at least in an isolated part of the 

 same stable, and to supply special attendants for them. Sub- 

 sequently it is necessary after removing the remnants of food 

 and straw in these parts, to disinfect the entire infected stable 

 tJjoroughly and repeatedly, the floor and walls as well as the 

 stable utensils, in addition to which the external sexual organs 

 of the pregnant animals should be washed daily with a non- 

 irritating antiseptic fluid, and their vaginas should also be 

 irrigated. In the meantime these animals should be subjected 

 to careful observation, and those in which prodromal symptoms 

 of abortion are noticed should be isolated immediately and their 

 stalls disinfected. At the same time it must be taken into 

 consideration that the vaginal discharge has possibly already 

 contaminated the litter and food. 



The expelled fetus together with the fetal membranes and 

 the afterbirth should be burned, or at least sqalded and then 

 buried deeply. If remains of the fetal membrane were retained 

 in the uterus it should be attempted to remove them soon, if 

 possible in the course of two or three days. 



Males which have covered affected females, or in which 

 there is a suspicion in this direction, should be subjected to 

 treatment by cutting the hair short at the opening of the sheath, 

 the prepuce sack should be washed with a %-l% lysol solution, 

 •!4-%% septoform, or 1% soda solution, and following each 

 covering the washing should be repeated with pure lukewarm 

 water or with one of the fluids mentioned. In sheep and swine 

 herds where this is accompanied with difficulties it is advisable 

 to suspend breeding for a certain time. 



The treatment of animals which have aborted consists in 

 irrigation of the vagina and uterus with lukewarm antiseptic 

 fluids, by means of an irrigator, the soft rubber tube of which 

 should be introduced deeply into the uterine cavity. For dis- 

 infecting fluids, which are also satisfactory for washing the 

 surrounding parts of the vulva, freshly prepared corrosion 

 sublimate in rain water (1:8000-10,000, concentrated solutions 

 cause severe straining!), 1-2% creolin or lysol solution, 1:1000 

 permanganate of potassium solution, etc., may be used, of which 

 large animals receive 3-4 liters, small animals 0.5 liters each. 

 This treatment should be continued at first 1 to 2 times daily, 

 later every 2 or 3 days, until the discharge has ceased for 

 several days (usually for two weeks). After the conclusion 

 of this procedure it is advisable to keep the animals separated 

 for several weeks, and to breed them again, not earlier than 

 two months after the abortion. 



Brauer recommends as prophylactic measures, subcuta- 

 neous injections of 2% carbolic acid, in the fifth to seventh 

 months of pregnancy (10 cc. weekly). He, as well as Schrader, 



