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males that have been inspected weekly and females known to be 
healthy at least three or four days before the act of copulation. 
Breeders ought to become well acquainted with the disease, 
and should be enjoined to report to the proper authorities all cases 
coming to their knowledge. The animals reported should be 
strictly isolated, and persons in charge of the sick horses should 
have as little contact as possible with healthy animals. 
The sale of breeding animals should be prohibited, and even 
when cured they ought to remain under careful watch until a sat¬ 
isfactory period has elapsed. 
A recovered mare, even if her attack had been of the mildest 
form, should be excluded from breeding for a year after her re¬ 
covery. Stallions ought not to be used for two or three years 
after apparent recovery. 
Castration has been recommended. This has sometimes in¬ 
terrupted the spread of the disease, even in animals already pre¬ 
senting symptoms of paralysis. The success or failure of castra¬ 
tion will be determined by the extent to which the general dis¬ 
ease has affected the patient, as well as by the absence or pres¬ 
ence of local lesions in the genital organs at the time of the per¬ 
formance of the operation. The sale of castrated animals ought 
not to be allowed until complete recovery can be fully certified. 
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