Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-27
RULES TO PREVENT
 SPREAD OF GLANpERs.
Commissioner AverIl Issues Regula- tions foc the State, Approved by Governor Baldwin.


 In Sannection with the crusade against the spread of glanders and farcy. Commissioner on Domestic Ami mals Heman o. Averill has prepared the following rules and regulations pertaining to the examination, quar- antine and disposal of animals af- fected or suspected of being affected, which have been approved by Cover nor Simeon E. Baldwin:
 Rules and regulations relative to the examination, quarantine and disposal 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 infection by such disease; and for the inspection, quarantine and disinfec- tion of premises where such animals have been stabled, or of any premises which have been exposed to such in- lection.
 Examination.
 1. Every suspected case of glanders or farcy reported to the commissioner will be examined at once by the dep- uty commissioner, at the expense of thu state. When any animal so examined is found by the inspector to exhibit physical symptoms of glanders or far cy, and the owner concurs in that opin- ion, it shall be forthwith destroyed and the carcass disposed of agreeably to Rule at the expense of the owner or 1 keeper thereof, and without any com pensa ton to said owner, but if the owner does not concur in such opinion of the inspector, and the commissioner does so concur, proceedings shall be had, under Section 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 a recognized or licensed un- dertaker, or rendering plant. If buried, l the carcass must be covered with quick | lime, and no part of 1t left within two feet of the surface of the ground. Hides may not be removed from glan- dered animals, except at rendering plants. where hides are thoroughly dis infected.
 Disinfection.
 8. 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 i glanders or farcy, such premises, and <, the premises which have been occu- : pied by any animal so affected, shall 1 be at once disinfected.
 | Disinfection must be scruppulously 1 carried out at once, according to the | following directions: Carefully and i thoroughly clean and scrapn all sur faces to be disinfected. and remove and burn all the dirt and filth. other wise the filth that has adhered tC i them will eventually fall off and thus expose the germs it had originally pro- | =s,t,, R.,. 2 k manager or other woodwork of the stal is old, decayed, porous or absorbent, Il i should be removed, burned, and re- 1 placed with new material
 i As to disinfectants, either of the fol- 1 lowing formulae may be used: Liquor i cresolis eompositus (U. s. p or car bolic acid. one quart to five gallons ot ! water, proportion about 1 to 20. ol l bichloride of mercury Corrosive subli. | nnate) oz. to eight gallons of water proportion 1 to S09.
 The disinfectant should be applied with a spray pump such as is used by orchsrdists. since by this method every part of the surface-whethel smooth or rough, and even the cracks will be much more sure of beins covered by the disinfectant than i applied in any other way.
 WhiteWash Spray.
 It Is recommended that after thil | has dried, the stalls, walls and ceilings | be sprayed with whitewash, to eacf gallon of which four ounces of chlo- ride of lime has been added. Old hal. ters, harnesses, blankets and brushe! and other stable utensils that are c 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 auC disinfected Blankets, cloth and wood en utensils should be boiled or soaked in a solution of carbolic acid of thu i strength above mentioned, then rinseC in clean water and dried in the sun 1 light. Leather articles that cannot b' 1 boiled should be washed with disin fectant solution. The neck yoke, wag. on pole, shafts, etc, which may haV' come In contact with diseased ami nal should receive the same care, alst hitching posts and sheds where tn, horse has been recently hitched. No animal shall be allowed to oc cupy any stall from which an anima affected with slanders or farcy hal been removed until such stall has beer cleaned and disinfected agreeably t this rule.
 Quarantine.
 4. When the official inspector shal suspect any animal to be infectet with glanders, he may issue to tn
 owner or person in charge thereof al order to quarantine such animal unti
 such time as the commissioner sha1