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purgatives will move tbem in that condition. Very 

 probably many cases are killed by frequent doses of 

 heavy pur.i::atives, when small olea^^inons (raw linseed 

 oil) laxatives should be given to soothe the inflamed 

 areas. Fermentation may be kept down by giving dram 

 doses of creolin in one-half pint of water three or four 

 times per day. When the animal's condition changes 

 for the better, or begins to improve, the bowels may 

 then become freely active; but in no case should the 

 active bowels be checked; this will be corrected as the 

 animal improves. 



5. The respirations may be slightly accelerated, but 

 in acute cases they are very rapid, running as high as 30 

 to 60 per minute. The rapid respirations are short or 

 shallow, and in some cases are accompanied by a cough, 

 and sometimes by groaning or grunting sounds. 



6. The pulse in acute cases is rapid and as the number 

 of red blood cells decrease, the pulse grows weaker. The 

 weakness of heart and blood vessels and general muscu- 

 lar weakness cause the patient to lie down much of the 

 time. When it attempts to walk the gait is wabbling, 

 staggering, unsteady equilibrium. Sometimes the sick 

 animal stands with depressed head and arched back. 



7. The kidneys are usually quite active. Large 

 quantities of urine are passed. In mild cases the urine 

 is darker than usual and in severe cases the urine may 

 be blood red (port wine color). This excess of color 

 is the coloring matter from the broken-down red cells 

 of the blood, and it is excreted from the body largely 

 by the kidnevs. The red colored urine does not contain 

 blood, yet it leads many to call the disease "bloody mur- 

 rain" or ''red water." Remember that all acute cases 

 or fatal cases do not pass red urine, but out of a num- 

 ber of sick animals in a herd some of the severe cases 

 will pass red urine. 



