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loss simply, then kill, bury at once, and disinfect promptly. For the 
means of disinfecting, see chapters on contagious diseases in cattle. If 
we had simply said kill and bury, our readers would not have been satis- 
fied. Thus we have given much point to remedies ; yet it will again bear 
repeating: In all contagious diseases of animals, of a malignant type, it 
is cheapest and most humane to kill and bury quickly and deeply. 
We have never found any remedy effective once it assumes a malignant 
form. Unfortunately, there are too many careless or pennywise persona 
who will not kill, and who constantly spread contagious diseases. 
Charbon, Malignant Anthrax. In Swine, Splenic Fever. 
It has been denied that this disease attacks swine. Since it is a blood 
poison known to attack various animals, and which may be communicated 
to man, there seems to be no good foundation for the assertion. In this 
country there has not been sufficient systematic investigation to separate 
the names of the true Anthrax from what is popularly known as hog 
cholera. The distinction between Anthrax (Charbon) and contagious 
pneumo-enteritis is stated explicitly by Dr . Klein as follows : 
TRUE CHARBON. 
Period of incubation, or latency, 
from a few hours to three days. 
Easily transmissible to other spe- 
cies of animals. 
Spleen always enlarged, and often 
broken down. 
Blood after death dark and fluid. 
Bacilli:" anthracis in the blood. 
Lungs and bowels frequently not 
Implicated. Cough may be present. 
The discoloration local, and of a 
true carbuncular appearance. 
CONTAGIOUS PNEUMO-ENTERITIS. 
Period of incubation from two to 
five days and more. 
Rarely and with difficulty transmit- 
ted to other species. 
Spleen rarely enlarged or otherwise 
changed. 
Blood after death of ordinary ap- 
pearance. 
No bacillus anthracis in the blood,, 
but numberless bacilly in the 
serum of the throax and abdomen. 
Lungs and bowels alivays both in- 
flamed. Cough always present. 
The red or purple color diffused 
over the surface, and of an 
erysipelatous appearance. 
The most common form of anthrax in pigs is popularly called “white 
bristle.” There is a carbuncukrr swelling, usually on the throat, pre- 
senting the features of color already described. The bristles on the spot 
turn white and brittle, whence the name just given. The swelling extendi 
