Handbook on contagious and infectious diseases in animals / issued by the Quartermaster General's Branch, General Headquarters, India.
- Date:
- [1944?]
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: Handbook on contagious and infectious diseases in animals / issued by the Quartermaster General's Branch, General Headquarters, India. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![To be disinfected. Procedure. 10. Saddlery x . | Serub all leather articles well with warm . water and sott soap. Wash three times at intervals oi three days with 10 per cent. solution ot Chlorinated Lime, or a 5 per cent. solution of Carbolic Acid. Strip sad- dles for the process, and see that ail interstitches and under-surfaces are tho- roughiy done. Dry sicwly and _ carefully - after each application lest saddics warp, -and when thoroughly disinfected and dry, rub a little oil or gaddie soap into the leather. Treat ironwork of saddlery as stated under heading ‘‘ Line gear ’’, etc, This is very important in view of the. virus ot such diseases as rinderpest and foot and mouth disease being so readily carried. Attendants should be rigidiy isolated as well as animals. They should not be allowed to leave the precincts of an affected group of animals. They stiould be shoeless, and have the sleeves ot their coats roiled up to their elbows, as sleeves are very apt to become contaminat- ed in the handling of animals. Maintain a supply of hot water, a towel, soap and a 5 per cent. solution of Carbolic Acid, and instruct attendants to begin and end their day’s work with washing ot hands and arms, feet and legs with water and soap, .atter- “wards using the disinfectant solution. ‘This is to be repeated particularly after hand- . ling or dressing affected animals. ue : ; Change of wearing apparel should be ar- ranged for, any soiled garments to be soaked in the above disintectant solution for a few hours, and washed on the premises. On conclusion of outbreak give attendants at least three days’ leave so that they can have a thorough cleansing before rejoining healthy unit. Arrange with S. M. O. for final disinfection of their clothing, Visitors to lines should leave walking sticks behind, and before leaving should wash their hands as_ described above, if they have handled affected stock, and certainly 1]. Attendants, their clothing, eta bie saa](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32173519_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
