314 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



102.2 

 101.3 



- 101.2 

 102.1 



- 102 

 101.1 



- 105.1 

 102 



- 100 



The normal temperature of horned cattle is usually about 

 100, though it will vary sliglitly under differeut circumstances. 

 Thus it will be seen that all were more or less affected, and 

 that the sick cow, No. 7, had an increased temperature of 

 nearly six degrees, which, with the other symptoms, indicated 

 the certainty of approachiivg death. And though the cow 

 afterward sliowed some signs of improvement, yet she finally 

 fell a victim to this disease, April 26th, when I found, on post 

 mortem examination, the right lung virtually consumed. 



Symptoms : — Cattle with this disease usually maintain the 

 standing posture, unless in extreme and urgent cases where 

 exhaustion compels them to lie down. They stand motion- 

 less with the elbows or shoulders turned out as far as possible, 

 arched back, and protruding head. The hind linjbs are usu- 

 ally drawn under them, with slight knuckling of the fetlocks. 

 Wlien lying, in the last stages of the disease, tHey rest on the 

 brisket so as not to encumber the free action of the lungs. 

 Their breathing is labored : and there is a slight hacking 

 cough, often attended with a characteristic giunt and grinding 

 of the teeth. 



These symptoms were all very apparent in No. 7, but the 

 other cases manifested only a slight disturbance of the gen- 

 eral health, and none of them have grown any worse, yet the 

 temperature in the oxen remains the same. And there are 

 several other creatures in that vicinity which are suspicions 

 when tested by the thermometer. 



The origin of the disease is veiled in more or less obscurity. 

 We are not able, as yet, to trace this malady with that degree 



