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7th. That no owners of mares should permit them to be 
served by any stallion presenting any enlargement or swelling of 
testicles, scrotum, penis, sheath or prepuce, or any undue pendency 
of penis or testicles, or any unnatural discharge from the penis, or 
any abrasions, ulcers or sores of any kind on the penis, prepuce 
or sheath, or having any discharge from the nostrils, or any un¬ 
healthy sores on any part of the body; or any stallion showing an 
unaccountable lameness, stiffness or weakness of loins, except the 
owmer of such stallion produce a certificate from a qualified prac¬ 
titioner of undoubted standing, certifying that such stallion is free 
from any contagious or infectious disease. 
The tabulated list of exposed mares being too long for inser¬ 
tion, the following summary is inserted instead. 
Mares dead of disease previous to date of investigation. 47 
Died since quarantined (of equine syphilis). 3 
Killed by orders of Live Stock Commissioners. 9 
Affected, not found. 4 
“ in quarantine. 23 
Apparently well, in quarantine. 193 , 
Total remaining in quarantine. 216 216 
Died or killed since quarantine. 12 
“ from accident since quarantine. 2 2 
Total originally quarantined.;. 230 
Animals supposed to be well, not found... 116 
Total mares exposed. 397 
Of the four diseased mares marked “ not found,” one has later 
been found and killed at Appleton, Wis., two are the Sandusky 
Wilson mares (see foregoing report under “ Origin of Disease in 
DeWitt Co.); the fourth was sold to unknown shipper, previous to 
investigations. 
The apparently well mares not found were mostly included in 
a lot of 100 Texas mares, sold in St. Louis, supposedly for the 
Boston market, for street car work. The others were sold to 
various shippers, for draft purposes. 
The list of stallions being of less length is inserted in tabulated 
form. 
