The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
RULES TO PREVENT
 SPREAD OF GLANDERS
Governor Approves Regulations Made
 By Cattle Commissioner.

In connection with the crusade against the spread of glanders and farcy, Commissioner on Domestic An- imals Heman O. Averill has prepared the following rules and regulations pertaining to the examinations, quar- anttne and disposal of animals af- fected or suspected of being affected, which have been approved by Cover nor Simeon B. Baldwin:
 Rules and regulations relative to the of animals affected or suspected by the commissioner, or those acting for him, to be affected with glanders or farcy, Or which have been exposed to infec- tion by such disease; and for the in- spectiOn, quarantine and disinfection of premises where such animals have been stabled, or of any premises which have been exposed to such infection.
 EXAMINATION.
 1. Every suspected case of glanders or farcy reported to the commission deputy commissioner, at the expense Of the state. When any animal so examined is found by the inspector to exhibit physical symptoms of glan- ders or farcy. and the owner concurs in that opinion, it shall be forthwith destroyed, and the carcass disposed of agreeably to rule 2 at the expense of the owner or keeper thereof, and with out any compensation to said owner, but if the owner does not concur in such opinion of the inspector, and the commissioner does so concur, proceed ings shall be had, under section 5. of chapter 257 of the public acts of 1905.
 DESTRUCTION
 2. All animals affected with glan- ders or farcy shall be immediately either killed and buried, or put in charge of recognized or licensed un- dertaker, or rendering plant. If bur fed, the carcass must be covered with quick lime, and no part of it left with in two feet of the surface of the ground. Hides may. not be removed from glandered animals, except at rendering plants, where hides are thor oughly disinfected.
 DIsINFECTED.
 3. In every case where the com- missioner or an inspector under him shall be of the opinion that any prem ises have been exposed to infection by glanders or farcy, such premises, and the premises which have been .occu- pied by any animal so affected, shall be at once disinfected.
 Disinfection must be scrupulously carried oM at once. according to the following directions: Carefully and thoroughly clean and scrape all sur- faces to be disinfected and remove and burn all the dirt and filth, other wise the filth that has adhered to them will eventually fall off and thus expose the germs it had originally protected from the disinfection. If the manager or other woodwork of the stall is old, decayed porous or absorb ent. 1t should be removed, burned and replaced with new material.
 AS to disinfectants either of the following formulae may be used: Li-
 
 carbolic acid, one quart to five gallons of water, proportion about one to twenty, or bichloride of mercury (cor- rosive subl1mate) oz. to eight gallons of water, proportion one to eight hun dred
 The disinfectant should be applied with a spray pump, such as is used by orchardists. since by this method every part of the surface-whether smooth or rough and even the cracksAwfll be much more sure of being covered by the disinfectant than if applied in any other way.
 It is recommended, that after this has dried, the stalls. walls and ceil- ings be sprayed with whitewash, to each gallon of which four ounces of chloride of lime has been added. Old halters, harnesses, blankets and brushes and other stable utensils that are of little value should be either buried with the diseased animal or destroyed by fire; all that is not thus disposed of should be thoroughly washed and disinfected Blankets, cloth and wooden utensils should be boiled or soaked in a solution of car bolic acid of the strength above men toned, then rinsed in clean water and dried in the sunlight. Leather ar ticles that cannot be boiled should be washed in strong soap and water and then washed with dfsinfectant solu- ton. The neck-yoke, wagon-pole, shafts, etc., which may have come in contact with diseased animal, should