t a stallion from carrying the infection from a diseased mare to a
healthy one the sheath and the penis should be disinfected with a
solution of 1/2 per cent of compound cresol solution, lysol, or
trikresol, or a 1 per cent carbolic acid or 1 to 1,000 potassium
permanganate solution in warm water. For this purpose it is advisable to
use a soft-rubber tube with a large funnel attached to one end, or an
ordinary syringe and tube would serve the purpose. The tube should be
inserted into the sheath, and the foreskin held with the hand to prevent
the immediate escape of the fluid. In addition to this the hair of the
belly and inner side of the thighs should be sponged with an antiseptic.
This disinfection should invariably precede and follow every service.

With regard to the mares, a period of three months should elapse between
abortion and a subsequent breeding, and especially if there is any
evidence of a discharge the breeding of the animal should not be
undertaken. The mare showing signs of abortion should be immediately
isolated and the fetus and membranes should be burned. The fetus should
never be dragged across a barnyard or stable, but should be removed by
other means by which the contamination of the premises may be prevented.
The stall in which the animal aborted should be thoroughly disinfected
and the genital organs of the mare washed daily with a disinfectant. The
antiseptic washing recommended for the treatment of the stallions prior
to and after breeding should be also used for the irrigation of the
uterus of mares which have aborted. This treatment should be continued
daily until all evidence of discharge has ceased. The isolation of the
animal should be carried out for at least one month after the evidence
of a discharge has ceased.

By carefully and persistently carrying out the sanitary measures it may
be possible to control and finally eradicate the disease.

NAVEL ILL OF COLTS.

Navel ill of colts is also known as joint ill, omphalophlebitis, septic
arthritis of sucklings, and pyosepticemia of the newly born. The
unfavorable outlook after the appearance of the disease, together with
the fact that the disease when present requires the attention of a
veterinarian, demands that the breeder concern himself with its
prevention.

The disease is caused by a microorganism and several bacteria have been
suspected of being responsible. Every one of the suspected organisms is
found abundantly in manure and