Xfo DISEASES OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



and penumonia may complicate. The mortality is said to be about 

 10 per cent. The general symptoms are usually slight with little 

 fever or anorexia. 



Farcy is the disease to be chiefly differentiated. In true farcy 

 the ulcers have overhanging, ragged edges and gray, gangrenous 

 bases and a discharge like olive oil in appearance and egg white in 

 consistence. The red, protruding granulations, yellow pus and in- 

 verted edges of the pseudo- farcy ulcer are in marked contrast to the 

 above. If, as, however, sometimes occurs, there are also nodules 

 and ulcers in the nostrils and swollen submaxillary glands, then 

 the diagnosis must rest upon the finding of saccharomyces in the 

 pus and the absence of glanders bacilli and the reaction to mallein. 



Treatment. — The saccharomyces are very resistant to anti- 

 septics and therefore resort must be had to the knife or actual 

 cautery. In case the focus is limited to a small area, removal with 

 the knife alone, or supplemented with the cautery, is indicated; 

 that is, the whole area of lymphatics and nodes must be destroyed. 

 Abscess cavities should be incised and curetted and cauterized. 

 The later treatment is conducted as in the case of any suppurating 

 wound with antiseptic irrigations and dressings. Several months 

 are required for complete recovery. Diseased animals should be 

 isolated and all harness, utensils, etc., which have been in contact 

 with diseased animals must be cleaned and disinfected, together 

 with the premises occupied by the sick; 3 per cent, formalin or 5 

 per cent, solutions of chlorinated lime may be used. 



Maladie dm Coit — Dtrarine — Vesicular Exanthema. 



Maladie du coit is a chronic infectious disease of stallions and 

 mares, the specific germ being transmitted from one to the other at 

 the time of coition. The development is insidious — from a week 

 to two months. The genital organs, inguinal glands and lymphatics, 

 central nervous system and peripheral nerves are particularly in- 

 volved in an inflammatory process produced by the specific organs- 



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