. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. 312 INFECTIOUS DISEASES are shipped or transported long distances, and exposed to the disease in sale or transfer stables. Glanders, Farcy.—This is a contagions and infections dis- ease of solipeds that is characterized by the formation of nodules and ulcers on the skin, nasal mucous membrane and lungs. Although glanders is one of the oldest of animal diseases, it was not until 1868 that its contagious character was demon- strated. The disease is widely distributed. It became more prevalent in the United States after the Civil War. The vi
. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. 312 INFECTIOUS DISEASES are shipped or transported long distances, and exposed to the disease in sale or transfer stables. Glanders, Farcy.—This is a contagions and infections dis- ease of solipeds that is characterized by the formation of nodules and ulcers on the skin, nasal mucous membrane and lungs. Although glanders is one of the oldest of animal diseases, it was not until 1868 that its contagious character was demon- strated. The disease is widely distributed. It became more prevalent in the United States after the Civil War. The vigor- ous control measures practised by the State and Federal health officers have greatly decreased the percentage of animals affected witli glanders. At the present time the disease is more often met with in the large cities than in the agricul- tural sections of the country. The specific cause of glanders is ^ /\ w i I the Bacillus ^nallei (Fig. 114). This microorganism was discovered in 1882. It is present in the discharges from ^^^ the nasal mucous membrane and the Fig. n^.~BaciUus mallei. "L^^^^i'^; Tlicse discharges may become deposited upon the feed troughs, mangers, stalls, harness, buckets, watering troughs, drinking fountains and attendants' hands and clothing. Healthy horses living in the same stable with the glandered animals may escape infection for months. It is usually the diseased animal's mate, or the one standing in an adjoining stall, that is first affected. Catarrhal diseases predispose animals to glanders, as the normal resistance of the mucous membranes is thereby reduced. The most common routes by which the germ enters the body are by way of the digestive and respiratory tracts. It may enter the body through the uninjured mucous membranes of the respiratory tract and genital organs, or through wounds of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration
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