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from one side only. In glanders there are the characteristic ulcers 
formed in the nose, which, after healing, leave a star shaped scar. In 
distemper there is a doughy swelling between the branches of the 
lower jaw, which is hot and painful and interferes with the swallowing 
and causes the horse to carry his head forward. This swelling has a 
tendency to soften, break and discharge pus; while in glanders the 
swelling along the lower jaw is painless and the swollen glands remain 
distinct and cord-like. Also, in testing with mallein the glandered 
horse has a large, painful swelling at the point of injection of the 
mallein, which will not occur in the animal with distemper. 
Prevention: All glandered animals should be immediately des¬ 
troyed and not allowed to come in contact with healthy animals through 
stables, common drinking troughs, harness, or any other stable equip¬ 
ment. All suspicious animals should be isolated and cared for inde¬ 
pendently of healthy animals, until examined by a competent vet¬ 
erinarian. Infected buildings should be disinfected with one to five 
hundred corrosive sublimate solution, and a week later the process 
repeated. Then in two weeks after the second disinfection all wood¬ 
work should be whitewashed. Forage and litter in infected stalls 
should be burned. Attendants caring for suspicious animals should 
exercise precaution against contracting the disease. 
Glanders is practically an incurable disease, therefore it is not 
advisable to treat it. 
In doubtful cases of glanders, the mallein test is 'given. This test 
should only be given by a qualified veterinarian and until it is satis¬ 
factorily determined whether a suspicious case is, or is not glanders, 
the animal should be kept apart from all other horses or mules. 
Remember that the disease is occasionally transmitted to the human 
and is incurable in man or beast. 
Foot and Mouth Disease. 
By Dr. B. F. Kaupp. 
Foot and mouth disease has made its appearance in the United 
States twice during the past ten years. The first time in 1902, an 
unexpected outbreak occured in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New 
Hampshire, and Vermont. By prompt action of the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, this outbreak was quickly 
stamped out. All animals found affected were destroyed and either 
burned or buried deeply in the earth after first covering with lime. 
Recently the disease has been discovered in a much wider district 
involving Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and Michigan. By 
strict quarantine, the destruction of all animals found affected and by 
thorough disinfection it is hoped that the disease will be entirely eradi¬ 
cated. 
It is necessary that this country be kept free from Foot and 
Mouth disease as otherwise an embargo will be placed upon American 
cattle, thus a great financial loss to the stock producing West. 
In European countries where the disease has existed for a long 
time, the number of animals that die from this disease is only about 
