Glanders, an infectious disease of the horse. It is a bacterial disease caused by a bacillus not different in appearance from that of consumption. The malady is marked by an offensive discharge, usually from one nostril, and a harsh, wiry feeling of the coat. Two stages are noted, one called by veterinarians the chronic, and the other the acute. A horse affected with glanders in the first form may live for years and do its work, but the disease is almost certain to pass in time into the other form, from which animals do not recover. Oddly enough, a horse with a mild form may communicate the germs of acute glanders to its healthy mates. The laws of most states require that an infected animal be killed and buried. Provision is sometimes made for partial compensation to the owner. It is considered dangerous to handle infected horses, as the germs have been taken into the human system causing distressful death. See HORSE.