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been entirely or partially removed by use of oils or drugs 

 or dips, but not until after the ticks had inoculated the 

 animal. 



2. The temperature of a tick-inoculated animal may 

 rise before any other symptoms are observed. In mild 

 cases the temperature will range between 103 and 105 ; 

 in severe cases it may vary from 105 to 108 degrees Fah. 

 The temperature may remain above normal a few days 

 then drop to normal (102) for a few days. In chronic 

 cases there may be variable or regular periods of alter- 

 nate rising and falling of the sick animal's temperature. 

 (See Admiral's temperature record in Table No. II.) 



3. In mild cases the appetite is capricious or change- 

 able. The sick animal may refuse feed at one time, and 

 at another eat quite or nearly a normal or full feed. In 

 acute or severe cases the appetite is entirely or almost 

 completely lost; the sick animal may nibble at this or 

 that feed, but will eat very little. Rumination is sus- 

 pended (does not chew the cud) in all severe cases, dur- 

 ing the high fever period, and some times until conva- 

 lescence begins; this would lead some persons to claim 

 that the animal was sick from '4oss of cud." 



4. At first or during the high fever period, the 

 bowels are inactive. Loss of appetite, ceasing to rumi- 

 nate and inactivity of the bowels indicate that digestion 

 is suspended. The inactivity of the bowels may be in- 

 directly a result of loss of red blood cells, a result of the 

 high fever, or it may be due to congestion and sometimes 

 inflammation of smaller or larger areas of mucous 

 membrane lining the fourth or true stomach and of the 

 intestines. Sometimes upon post mortem examination 

 the mucous membrane of the fourth stomach and of in- 

 testines are found eroded or ulcerated — the membrane 

 in small spots or patches has sloughed off. No doubt 

 that the bowels are paralyzed, and no amount of heavy 



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