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form of glanders may be suspected when there is a mild, dry 

 cough, especially if such cough be accompanied by debility and 

 occurring in a stable where an obvious case of glanders has been 

 demonstrated. When the lungs are much affected in chronic cases 

 of pulmonary glanders the horse is apt to show symptoms of 

 heaves, and on examination post mortem there are found numer- 

 ous tubercles, usually showing, or easily felt, on the surface of 

 the lungs. 



A horse may be affect- 

 ed with a mild, chronic 

 form of the disease, and 

 remain in good flesh, be 

 vigorous and apparently in 

 the best of health for years, 

 showing no marked nasal 

 discharge or farcy sores, 

 and yet be very actively in- 

 fectious to other horses. 



Chronic cases may also 

 show a chronic nasal dis- 

 charge, nasal ulcers and 

 nodular, adherent maxillary 

 glands. 



Farcy. — In the farcy 

 form of glanders the super- 

 ficial connective tissues and 

 lymphatics are especially 

 involved. 



In the acute form, just 

 as with acute glanders, 

 there may be very high 



temperature with local swellings. This swelling often occurs in 

 one hind leg, with soreness and lameness. As the swelling abates 

 the characteristic nodules, or so-called farcy buds, appear. 



The head may swell badly and later farcy sores appear at 

 irregular intervals and places. These may heal and leave scars — 

 as shown in Figure 51. When farcy buds break there is dis- 

 charged a viscid pus that is very characteristic of this disease, 

 being clear and quite cohesive. 



FIG. 50. GLANDERS— FARCY. (M.II.R.t 

 An old case. Note enlarged leg with 

 old farcy buds, healed. 



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