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PURE BRED DRAFT HORSES 
tageous diseases, and may be passed even though afflicted with some 
transmissible unsoundness provided that the unsoundnesses are men¬ 
tioned in the certificate. The law considers the following as transmis¬ 
sible: recurrent ophthalmia, cataract, amaurosis, laryngeal hemiplegia, 
pulmonary emphysema, stringhalt, bone spavin, side bone, navicular 
disease, curb (when associated with curby conformation of the hock). 
Under this law it is further pointed out that stallions which shall have 
reached their fifteenth year and found to be free from incurable, in¬ 
fectious and transmissible diseases, shall subsequently not he required 
to pass the examination for diseases or unsoundness after the issuance 
of the first certificate previous to this time. The Iowa 12 law disqualifies 
the stallion if affected with glanders, farcy, maladie due coit, coital ex¬ 
anthema, urethral gleet, mange, melanosis, blindness, cataract, and per¬ 
iodic opthalmia, while enrollment may be permitted if possessing any 
of such unsoundnesses as amaurosis, laryngeal hemiplegia, pulmonary 
emphysema, bog spavin, bone spavin, ringbone, side bone, navicular 
disease, curb (with curby conformation of the hock), and chorea, pro¬ 
vided that the unsoundness is specified in the certificate and advertise¬ 
ment. The law states that if the condition of the unsoundness is such 
that the stallion is unfit for breeding the same may be rejected for public 
service. Somewhat similar to the New York law the stallion is also 
given a permanent certificate, but in this case, the stallion must have 
passed examination for three consecutive years and reached the age of 
six years or over. The permanent certificate must, however, be returned 
each year for renewal, together with an affidavit that the stallion is free 
from contagious or communicable disease. Nebraska 18 bars any stallion 
from public service if suffering from urethral gleet, melanosis, periodic 
opthalmia, laryngeal hemiplegia, dourine, glanders, farcy, or serious de¬ 
fects in general conformation, and certificates are not issued to such 
stallions brought to the state if affected with urethral gleet, melanosis, 
periodic ophthalmia, laryngeal hemiplegia, cataract, amaurosis, chorea, 
stringhalt, bone spavin, bog spavin, ring bone, side bone, curb (with 
curby conformation of hock), and contagious or infectious diseases, or 
which is seriously defective in conformation or of vicious disposition. 
Here again a permanent certificate is given at the second inspection, the 
time of examination being made, first, between the age of two and three 
years, and again between the age of five and six years. But the certificate 
may be repealed if the stallion is found to have melanosis, periodic 
ophthalmia, or any contagious or infectious diseases or for any other 
cause. The California stallion law 14 only specifies that licenses issued 
to unsound stallions should bear the particular disease or unsoundness 
with which it is afflicted. Such unsoundnesses and diseases as are in¬ 
cluded in the law, sufficient to cause the stallion unsound, are periodic 
ophthalmia, cataract, laryngeal hemiplegia, pulmonary emphysema, chorea, 
bone spavin, ringbone, sidebone, navicular disease, osteoporosis, curb 
(when accompanied by faulty conformation of hock). Washington 16 bars 
any stallion affected with bone spavin, ringbone, sidebone, navicular 
disease, bog spavin, curb (with curby formation of hock), glanders, 
farcy, maladie du coit, urethral gleet, mange, melanosis. The state of 
New Jersey 16 makes the same provision, but adds that cataract, amaurosis, 
periodic ophthalmia, laryngeal hemiplegia, pulmonary emphysema, chorea, 
osteoprosis, canker of the foot, and laminitis as being also contagious 
diseases and unsoundnesses. New Jersey and Utah 17 laws are similar in 
this respect excepting that in the latter osteoporosis, canker of the foot, 
and laminitis are not included; furthermore, the Utah law discriminates 
against enlarged sidebone and curby formation of hock in place of side¬ 
bone and curb with curby formation of hock. 
Barring stallions which were unsound before the enactment of the law, 
or such stallions as have become unsound after passing examination at 
